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Washington Women's Heritage Project records, 1900-2000
University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
Margaret S. Covey
April 5, 1995
Cassette 1, Side 2
[The beginning of tape 1, side 2 was transcribed and added to the original transcript, 2026.]
Libby Lunstrum 00:01
Your parents are Caucasian? White?
Margaret Covey 00:03
Yes.
Lib by Lunstrum 00:11
Okay. Date, what about the date of death for your mother and father?
Margaret Covey 00:16
My father died in 1926.
Libby Lunstrum 00:24
And where?
Margaret Covey 00:26
At Ravensdale. Well, he didn't- Maybe you better put Auburn down there, because he was in the
hospital in Auburn. He was in an automobile accident.
Libby Lunstrum 00:37
In Ravensdale? In Ravensdale, that's where the automobile accident was?
Margaret Covey 00:43
The accident was in Ravensdale, with a train.
Libby Lunstrum 00:48
He was, was he in a car? He was in a car?
Margaret Covey 00:54
He was in a pickup truck. Same thing.
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Libby Lunstrum 00:58
Yeah, and it was hit by a train?
Margaret Covey 01:00
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 01:01
How about your mother? What year did she die?
Margaret Covey 01:04
She died in 1960.
Libby Lunstrum 01:08
And do you know the place?
Margaret Covey 01:10
Seattle. Maynard Hospital. Maynard Hospital, no longer a hospital, but a nice one when it was.
Libby Lunstrum 01:22
How about the number of marriages for your parents? How many marriages each of them had?
Margaret Covey 01:27
No, just one.
Libby Lunstrum 01:28
Just one. And number of children?
Margaret Covey 01:33
They had four all together, two boys and two girls.
Libby Lunstrum 01:40
How about your sister's name?
Margaret Covey 01:42
Helen.
Libby Lunstrum 01:43
Helen.
Margaret Covey 01:43
Helen, I think it was Helen May, she never liked the name May, so she never used it.
Libby Lunstrum 01:49
Was it M-A-Y or M-A-Y-E?
Margaret Covey 01:50
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M-A-Y, that's good enough.
Lib by Lunstrum 01:52
And what was her married last name?
Margaret Covey 01:55
Her married name? Miller, Helen Miller.
Lib by Lunstrum 01:58
Okay. Do you remember her date of birth?
Margaret Covey 02:05
No, she was born in, well, I could get that too, I guess.
Libby Lunstrum 02:09
Oh, that's fine. Just a year.
Margaret Covey 02:13
I think there were four years always between us, and I was born in 1902, so she was born in 19-
or 1898. And I think that's the, that's when Roland was born in 1898.
Libby Lunstrum 02:27
Do you know where she was born?
Margaret Covey 02:29
Yes, we were all born in Black Diamond, Washington.
Libby Lunstrum 02:33
All of you, okay. What was her spouse's name?
Margaret Covey 02:39
Glen— Oh, no, wait a minute, Albert.
Libby Lunstrum 02:49
Albert Miller?
Margaret Covey 02:50
Albert Miller.
Libby Lunstrum 02:53
Do you know what year she was married?
Margaret Covey 03:00
I think it was 1920, when I was at the U.
Libby Lunstrum 03:04
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Okay, and do you know the place, the city or the state?
Margaret Covey 03:09
No, she didn't have a wedding. I think she, I think she was married in Portland, Oregon.
Libby Lunstrum 03:20
What was her job?
Margaret Covey 03:23
She worked for the Northern, in the office of the Northern Pacific Railway, in Auburn.
Libby Lunstrum 03:30
How about number of marriages?
Margaret Covey 03:32
Only one.
Libby Lunstrum 03:36
Date of death, or is she still alive? Is she still alive?
Margaret Covey 03:40
Oh, no, she died year, years ago. Don't ask me when she died, it was in the, I don't know '70s, I
guess.
Libby Lunstrum 03:48
Where was she living when she died?
Margaret Covey 03:54
In, let's see now, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lib by Lunstrum 03:58
How many children did she have?
Margaret Covey 04:02
Well, I don't know. I know she had, I should know, but one of them died at birth. And I don't
know if you'd call that a birth or not? I guess you would.
Libby Lunstrum 04:15
Yeah, I'll write it down.
Margaret Covey 04:16
But anyhow, she had three. Glen was her, but he's the only one that survived.
Libby Lunstrum 04:23
Okay. And then the two, two died at birth?
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Margaret Covey 04:30
No. One was killed in an accident with a with a car, Carl, when he was three.
Libby Lunstrum 04:42
How about your brothers, what are their names?
Margaret Covey 04:44
My brother is still, his name was Thomas George, he was a junior.
Libby Lunstrum 04:52
Thomas George Jr.
Margaret Covey 04:53
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 04:54
Did you have another brother also?
Margaret Covey 04:56
And he's- No.
Libby Lunstrum 04:57
Just one?
Margaret Covey 04:57
Oh, the, well, he died when he was three, and he was the eldest of all.
Lib by Lunstrum 05:01
What was his name?
Margaret Covey 05:02
George.
Libby Lunstrum 05:04
George.
Margaret Covey 05:04
I don't know if he had a middle name or not.
Libby Lunstrum 05:06
Okay.
Margaret Covey 05:07
See he, he was gone.
Libby Lunstrum 05:09
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What year was he born?
Margaret Covey 05:10
I don't know that. He was born shortly after my mother and dad were— Well, not shortly, because
they were married for a couple years or more before he was born. And, oh, I know, it was in the
early 1890s.
Libby Lunstrum 05:28
Okay.
Margaret Covey 05:29
It had to be.
Libby Lunstrum 05:31
Early 1890s. So your for your brother, Thomas George, do you know when he was born, what
year?
Margaret Covey 05:39
He's, he's 89— No, 88 now, I guess, he's 88 now, and he's still living. Back up and figure that out,
88. Well, he was, he's younger than I, about. If he's 88 now and I'm 92 that makes him— He was
born, I guess in 18, if, or—
Libby Lunstrum 06:07
1909?
Margaret Covey 06:09
Or, no, it'd be four years later than I. And if mine was 1902—
Libby Lunstrum 06:15
1906.
Margaret Covey 06:16
—his would be 1906.
Libby Lunstrum 06:18
Okay, where was he- He was born in Black Diamond?
Margaret Covey 06:21
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 06:21
Okay. Was he married? Or is he married?
Margaret Covey 06:24
He was married for 60 years and his wife died last year.
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Libby Lunstrum 06:29
What, what's her name? His wife's-
Margaret Covey 06:31
Her name is Gladys.
Libby Lunstrum 06:34
What was her maiden last name?
Margaret Covey 06:36
Her maiden name was Bergstrom.
Libby Lunstrum 06:42
Do you know how to spell that?
Margaret Covey 06:50
B-E-R-G-S-T-R-0-M, Bergstrom.
Lib by Lunstrum 06:55
Do you know what year they were married?
Margaret Covey 06:56
No, I don't.
Lib by Lunstrum 06:56
Okay, how about-
Margaret Covey 06:57
Let me see now, how I could figure that out. I didn't know we'd get into all of, we'd back up quite
so far. I was married in '26, they were not married then. They were married in about '28, it was
either '28 or '29.
Libby Lunstrum 07:25
Okay, do you know where they were married?
Margaret Covey 07:28
Did I what?
Libby Lunstrum 07:30
Do you know where? What city or state?
Margaret Covey 07:32
Auburn.
Libby Lunstrum 07:33
Auburn. What was his occupation?
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Margaret Covey 07:40
Now that was a, that's a difficult thing, because he still lives on my parents' original property that
they bought in the 1 800s. And he and Gladys lived there all their married life, they never moved.
And they were married over 60 years when she died.
Libby Lunstrum 07:57
And that's in Auburn?
Margaret Covey 07:59
Nine and a half miles east of Auburn in the beautiful Green River Valley. Beautiful Green River
Valley.
Libby Lunstrum 08:11
So was he a farmer or?
Margaret Covey 08:13
No, he wasn't a farmer. I don't want to put him down for a farmer. I'll tell you what he did. He
lived on this big place, and he, he was always interested in road building machinery. Great, great
big, you know, like logging trucks and that type of thing. And he built roads and cleared land
with this big machinery, tractors, and that's the kind of business he was in.
Libby Lunstrum 08:43
Okay, was he, he was only married once?
Margaret Covey 08:46
Only once.
Libby Lunstrum 08:47
And he, he lives in Auburn still?
Margaret Covey 08:51
Well, nine and a half miles east of Auburn.
Libby Lunstrum 08:53
Green River Valley.
Margaret Covey 08:54
In the beautiful Green River Valley.
Libby Lunstrum 08:56
What about, did they have any children?
Margaret Covey 08:59
He had three girls.
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Libby Lunstrum 09:02
And what are their names?
Margaret Covey 09:05
The oldest one is Phyllis.
Libby Lunstrum 09:07
Phyllis.
Margaret Covey 09:07
Her last name, I can't keep up with all these that are extended out so far.
Libby Lunstrum 09:14
That's fine.
Margaret Covey 09:15
And the second one is- Phyllis and, goodness. The, I know the youngest one is Carol. Alice is
the second one.
Libby Lunstrum 09:30
Okay.
Margaret Covey 09:38
Did you get Phyllis, Alice, and Carol?
Libby Lunstrum 09:40
Phyllis, Alice, and Carol.
Margaret Covey 09:41
Correct.
Libby Lunstrum 09:42
How about your maternal grandmother? What was her name? Maternal grandmother?
Margaret Covey 09:50
My maternal grandmother was Gibbon.
Libby Lunstrum 09:53
Gibbon.
Margaret Covey 09:55
G-I-B-B-O-N, Mary.
Libby Lunstrum 09:59
What was her maiden last name, do you know?
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Margaret Covey 10:02
I think it was Lewis.
Libby Lunstrum 10:04
L-E-W-I-S?
Margaret Covey 10:05
Correct.
Lib by Lunstrum 10:06
Okay, and she was white or Caucasian?
Margaret Covey 10:11
Oh, yes, Welsh.
Libby Lunstrum 10:12
Welsh.
Margaret Covey 10:13
Definitely.
Lib by Lunstrum 10:14
Definitely Welsh. Do you know what year she was born?
Margaret Covey 10:17
I wouldn't have any idea.
Libby Lunstrum 10:19
Do you know where she was born?
Margaret Covey 10:21
Wales.
Libby Lunstrum 10:22
Oh, do you know when she was married?
Margaret Covey 10:28
I don't think I ever knew when she was married.
Libby Lunstrum 10:30
Okay, what about where she was married? Was she married in-
Margaret Covey 10:33
Wales.
Libby Lunstrum 10:33
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Wales? Did she, do you know what her occupation was?
Margaret Covey 10:39
In those days, I don't think they had an occupation. I don't think so. I'll tell you, I know what she
did when she came to Black Diamond, she ran a hotel.
Libby Lunstrum 10:48
Okay, so she definitely worked, in a hotel. Did she die in Black Diamond?
Margaret Covey 10:57
Yes. And isn't that queer? All the information that we have on her, what, was written on
University of Washington stationery. It just kind of crumbles.
Libby Lunstrum 11:10
Mm-hmm, old. What about her, do you know what year she died?
Margaret Covey 11:20
She died when I was about four years old.
Libby Lunstrum 11:24
So 1906?
Margaret Covey 11:27
Now I can, I'll have to ask about that.
Libby Lunstrum 11:31
Okay, I'll just put question mark after it.
Margaret Covey 11:34
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 11:35
What about, was she only married once?
Margaret Covey 11:37
I beg your pardon?
Libby Lunstrum 11:38
Was she only married one time?
Margaret Covey 11:40
Only once.
Libby Lunstrum 11:41
And how many children did she have?
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Margaret Covey 11:45
I guess she had, well now, my mother talked about two that had died. One was a daughter that
lived until she was 1 8, and the young man with whom she was going wrote the most beautiful
piece of poetry about her. And they're very religious, they all, were all Baptists. And, and then
there was one that died when she was about three. Now, that would be two children. And there
were four living, three boys, and my mother was the girl.
Libby Lunstrum 12:19
Do you know the names of the boys?
Margaret Covey 12:21
William, John, and David. I knew them all.
Libby Lunstrum 12:25
Okay, and then your mother. And the one, the second child that died, was that a boy or girl? Do
you know?
Margaret Covey 12:34
Girl.
Libby Lunstrum 12:35
So two— one girl and one boy?
Margaret Covey 12:39
I don't know what she died of.
Libby Lunstrum 12:40
Okay.
Margaret Covey 12:41
But I know what the 18 year old, I think she must have died of tuberculosis, because my mother
said that she'd just lay there, you know, for so long. And it was a very slow death, and they
couldn't do anything about it.
Libby Lunstrum 12:54
So your mother, your mother talked to you about that?
Margaret Covey 12:58
Yes, yes. We, we talk about everything in my family, we're not a bit hesitant.
Libby Lunstrum 13:05
Wonderful. What about your maternal grandfather's name?
Margaret Covey 13:11
I never knew him at all.
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Libby Lunstrum 13:12
His last name was Gibbon?
Margaret Covey 13:15
I know, well his first name- or his last name is Gibbon, of course.
Libby Lunstrum 13:18
You don't know his first name?
Margaret Covey 13:19
And I don't remember what his name was. I never saw him.
Libby Lunstrum 13:22
He was born in Wales?
Margaret Covey 13:23
He was born in Wales.
Libby Lunstrum 13:26
Do you know what he did for a living?
Margaret Covey 13:32
A hoisting engineer.
Libby Lunstrum 13:33
Hoisting engineer.
Margaret Covey 13:34
Yes, in a coal, in a coal— You see. Black Diamond was all coal mine. Now, my father was in
business, he ran, he had a meat market and a grocery, or, not groceries, all kinds of vegetables
and things. And that's why he had this farm, because he grew his own— [Telephone rings]. That's
one of my church friends.
Libby Lunstrum 14:00
Okay. Did your grandfather die in Black Diamond?
Margaret Covey 14:05
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 14:06
Do you know what year? Was it before you were born?
Margaret Covey 14:09
Well, I don't know. It was before I was born, so I don't know, but you could just put down
sometime before I was born. Just don't make it too late.
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Libby Lunstrum 14:19
Okay. And he was only married once.
Margaret Covey 14:25
He was white?
Libby Lunstrum 14:26
Married once?
Margaret Covey 14:27
Oh yes, just once.
Libby Lunstrum 14:29
Just once, and let's see, he didn't have any more children then? He only, they had six children all
together?
Margaret Covey 14:36
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 14:36
Okay, what about your paternal grandmother?
Margaret Covey 14:39
I don't know anything about her. I never knew her, except that her name was Margaret.
Libby Lunstrum 14:43
Is that who you're named after-
Margaret Covey 14:46
Ans she still lived in, she lived in Wisconsin.
Libby Lunstrum 14:49
Was she born in Wisconsin?
Margaret Covey 14:52
I don't, no, I don't think she was. I think- We don't, we didn't know too much about my father, or
my father's family. Because as, when he graduated from high school, he and two companions
came out west to make their fortune, and I don't think he ever went back.
Libby Lunstrum 15:14
Okay, you don't know her maiden name?
Margaret Covey 15:18
No, I wouldn't, I don't, I know very little about them.
Libby Lunstrum 15:21
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Okay. Do you possibly know when she was married or her occupation?
Margaret Covey 15:27
No, occupation in those days meant very little.
Lib by Lunstrum 15:32
Yeah. And she died, did she die in Wisconsin?
Margaret Covey 15:37
I suppose she did.
Libby Lunstrum 15:40
And how many children were in his family?
Margaret Covey 15:42
I have, oh, he had, he had two brothers.
Libby Lunstrum 15:46
So three all together—
Margaret Covey 15:47
Jack and William.
Libby Lunstrum 15:50
Okay.
Margaret Covey 15:51
Now his brother, Jack, came out here later and was, he drove a team of horses for the first fire
department Seattle had. He drove a team of horses.
Libby Lunstrum 16:07
Did you know Jack?
JVIargaret Covey 16:07
Did he what?
Libby Lunstrum 16:10
Did you know Jack?
Margaret Covey 16:11
Oh yes, I knew him. Very well.
Libby Lunstrum 16:13
Let's see, how about your, your paternal grandfather, do you know his name?
Margaret Covey 16:20
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No, I don't remember.
Libby Lunstrum 16:24
Okay, well, how about, let's go on to your children. What's your son's name?
Margaret Covey 16:32
My son?
Lib by Lunstrum 16:33
Uh-huh.
Margaret Covey 16:33
Donald Jerome Covey.
Libby Lunstrum 16:38
Jerome with a J?
Margaret Covey 16:40
J.
Libby Lunstrum 16:43
Okay, what, when was he born?
Margaret Covey 16:46
He was born in Seattle, Seattle General Hospital. Seattle General Hospital.
Libby Lunstrum 16:54
What, when was he born? What year?
Margaret Covey 16:57
He was born in 1928.
Libby Lunstrum 16:59
1928. And do you remember-
Margaret Covey 17:02
October 3.
Libby Lunstrum 17:03
October 3. How about, where does he live now? Does he live in Seattle?
Margaret Covey 17:11
He lives here in Seattle. Sand Point Way.
Lib by Lunstrum 17:13
Okay. How many children does he have?
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Margaret Covey 17:16
Three.
Lib by Lunstrum 17:17
And their names?
Margaret Covey 17:19
Duane.
Libby Lunstrum 17:20
Duane.
Margaret Covey 17:22
And Linda.
Libby Lunstrum 17:24
Linda.
JVIargaret Covey 17:26
And Bradford.
Libby Lunstrum 17:27
Bradford.
Margaret Covey 17:29
Bradford, we call him Brad. That was his mother's maiden name.
Libby Lunstrum 17:34
Bradford?
Margaret Covey 17:34
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 17:35
How about his children's spouses. Do you know them?
Margaret Covey 17:45
Well, Linda, I don't know anything about- Well, Linda's, she's been married twice. Her first
husband was Steve, and the last name was Gay, Stephen Gay.
Libby Lunstrum 18:04
G-A-Y-E?
Margaret Covey 18:05
G-A-Y.
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Libby Lunstrum 18:06
Okay.
Margaret Covey 18:08
Just plain Gay. And now she is married to Peter Atkinson. [Sounding it out] At-kin-son.
Libby Lunstrum 18:17
S-O-N?
Margaret Covey 18:18
I guess it is.
Libby Lunstrum 18:21
That's probably right. Do you know about Duane or Bradford?
Margaret Covey 18:26
About Bradford?
Libby Lunstrum 18:27
Or Duane, who they're married to?
Margaret Covey 18:29
Oh, Duane is the older, the eldest one, and he, his, he's been married twice. This seems to be the
trend of the times. And his wife's name is Debbie.
Lib by Lunstrum 18:51
Okay, how about Bradford? Is he married?
Margaret Covey 18:57
He is married, and he's been married only once.
Libby Lunstrum 19:00
And what's his wife's name?
Margaret Covey 19:01
And it's his wife that was gonna call you.
Lib by Lunstrum 19:03
Okay.
Margaret Covey 19:04
And she's a darling person. Her name is Gretchen.
Libby Lunstrum 19:11
Okay. How many times has your son been married?
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Margaret Covey 19:15
Just this once.
Lib by Lunstrum 19:16
Just once? And do you know when he got married, what year?
Margaret Covey 19:20
Oh, dear. I did, I need to get some more information like this.
Libby Lunstrum 19:27
Yeah [they laugh].
Margaret Covey 19:30
I can't remember. I know that they were married 40- Duane was about 40, Duane is in his 40s,
so Don and Marilyn must soon have a 50th anniversary. I don't know.
Libby Lunstrum 19:41
Okay.
Margaret Covey 19:43
I can, I'll get that information.
Libby Lunstrum 19:45
Okay, what about the place that he was married?
Margaret Covey 19:48
The place?
Libby Lunstrum 19:49
Yeah.
Margaret Covey 19:49
University Presbyterian Church.
Lib by Lunstrum 19:51
Okay.
Margaret Covey 19:53
With the, with our minister.
Libby Lunstrum 19:56
And what, what does he do?
Margaret Covey 19:59
What does he do—
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Libby Lunstrum 20:00
Yeah, his occupation.
Margaret Covey 20:01
—what did he do. Now he's retired.
Libby Lunstrum 20:03
He's retired.
Margaret Covey 20:04
But he was president ofUNICO. And UNICO own and operate all of the buildings on university
property downtown. So in the university, he's well known because he's in several books, his
pictures, etcetera.
Libby Lunstrum 20:28
Okay, what about your daughter? What's her name?
Margaret Covey 20:32
Marilyn also.
Libby Lunstrum 20:35
Marilyn?
JVIargaret Covey 20:36
Yes, Marilyn Margaret.
Libby Lunstrum 20:38
And she—
Margaret Covey 20:42
She was born on February 18,1939
Libby Lunstrum 20:48
1939. Was she ever married?
Margaret Covey 20:50
No, never married.
Libby Lunstrum 20:52
Is she still alive?
Margaret Covey 20:54
Yes.
Lib by Lunstrum 20:55
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Okay.
Margaret Covey 20:56
She lives in a group home with four other women.
Libby Lunstrum 21:03
And where is that?
Margaret Covey 21:05
8836 Interlake Avenue.
Libby Lunstrum 21:07
I don't need the address, so just in Seattle?
Margaret Covey 21:10
Seattle.
Libby Lunstrum 21:10
She doesn't have any children, I take it. Okay and you only had two children?
Margaret Covey 21:20
Correct.
Libby Lunstrum 21:25
What about grandchildren?
Margaret Covey 21:28
Oh, dear. Well, I have three grandchildren and I have 10 great grandchildren.
Libby Lunstrum 21:35
Wow, what's your, what are the names of your grandchildren?
IVIargaret Covey 21:39
Well now, Duane's wife was married before, and she has had two children, and he had two
children, and they all live in close proximity here. Now they live at Inverness. Do you know
where Inverness is?
Libby Lunstrum 21:56
Mm-mm.
Margaret Covey 21:56
It's a very, kind of a fashionable place out here above Sandpoint. And Duane has done veiy well,
and so has his wife, his wife, I'll tell you the kind of work she was in. She had, she ran two
schools of her own for boning up college graduates to go back and, you know, if they wanted to
work for higher degrees, usually they were going east. Well anyway, that's the kind of work. And
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she's written, she's had things published. She's, they're both kind ofbrainy people. And she has
two children, Debbie and Jon, J-O-N, and Duane has two, and his children are-
Libby Lunstrum 22:57
What was Duane's wife's name again?
Margaret Covey 23:00
Debbie.
Lib by Lunstrum 23:01
Debbie.
Margaret Covey 23:05
[?Brian?].
Lib by Lunstrum 23:06
Brian?
Margaret Covey 23:07
And, and goodness me, now isn't that the queerest thing that I can't remember her
granddaughter's name. I don't see them very often. They all, most of those children go to private
schools. Put a blank down.
Libby Lunstrum 23:38
Okay.
Margaret Covey 23:38
I know that I haven't seen her since last Cb-istmas.
Libby Lunstrum 23:47
Do you know when Duane was born or where he was born?
Margaret Covey 23:50
Duane?
Libby Lunstrum 23:50
Yeah.
Margaret Covey 23:51
They were all born in Seattle, so just put down Seattle.
Libby Lunstrum 23:55
Seattle. And do they all live in Seattle now?
Margaret Covey 23:59
Do they?
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Libby Lunstrum 24:01
Do they live in Seattle?
Margaret Covey 24:02
Yes. They're all still in school. None of them are out of high school, the oldest one is 16, Debbie
and, or Dana.
Libby Lunstrum 24:10
So how about your, your grandchildren? Duane?
Margaret Covey 24:14
Duane, they were all born in Seattle.
Libby Lunstrum 24:15
And they, he still lives in Seattle?
Margaret Covey 24:17
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 24:17
What about your other grandchildren?
Margaret Covey 24:19
He's in the investment business. They were all born in Seattle.
Libby Lunstrum 24:24
But do they still live here?
Margaret Covey 24:26
Except Debbie's two children, they were born in California.
Libby Lunstrum 24:29
Okay.
Margaret Covey 24:30
Dana, isn't it funny, now I can remember the step grandchild. Lauren is her name.
Libby Lunstrum 24:39
Lauren?
Margaret Covey 24:39
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 24:39
That's the other grandchild, Duane's children?
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Margaret Covey 24:43
L-A-U-R-E-N, Lauren. I knew I'd recall that.
Libby Lunstrum 24:48
Yeah, Duane's children are Brian and Lauren?
Margaret Covey 24:51
His children are Ryan and Lauren.
Libby Lunstrum 24:54
Ryan or Brian?
Margaret Covey 24:56
Ryan.
Lib by Lunstrum 24:57
Oh, Ryan.
Margaret Covey 24:57
R-Y-A-N.
Libby Lunstrum 24:58
And Debbie's children are
Margaret Covey 25:02
Dana-
Libby Lunstrum 25:02
And Jon.
Margaret Covey 25:03
-and Jon.
Libby Lunstrum 25:04
Okay, I have that.
Margaret Covey 25:06
Now, they were born in California.
Libby Lunstrum 25:08
Okay, that's fine.
Margaret Covey 25:09
Because that's where she's from.
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Libby Lunstrum 25:12
And then what about your other great grandchild- Your other great grandchildren?
Margaret Covey 25:17
Linda.
Libby Lunstrum 25:18
Linda?
Margaret Covey 25:18
Linda has two by her first husband and one by the second. And Ashley and Alyssa are by her
first husband.
Libby Lunstrum 25:32
Okay.
Margaret Covey 25:33
And the second little girl is Alana, now that's a combination— Her father's father passed away
before she was born, and that, to honor him, because she was a little girl, they named her Alana,
A-L-A-N-A.
Libby Lunstrum 26:00
What was his name? Was it Alan?
Margaret Covey 26:04
Alan was his name. The father's name, the grandfather, her grandfather.
Libby Lunstrum 26:08
And do they all live in Seattle?
Margaret Covey 26:11
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 26:12
Okay, and then what about your other—
Margaret Covey 26:14
They live in View Ridge, right, not very far from here.
Libby Lunstrum 26:17
View Ridge, oh, I know where that is. What about your other great grandchildren?
Margaret Covey 26:23
That, these are [inaudible].
Libby Lunstrum 26:25
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Okay.
Margaret Covey 26:26
And, and those are Brad's children, Brad and Gretchen's children. And their names, the little
girl's name is Teresa, and the boys' names" See, nicknames often conflict with their real names
that I'm trying to recall. And, [inaudible] sakes, I should remember all you cute little kids. Ford is
one of them because he's named after Gretchen's family name. Ford. And- why would I forget
that? Goodness me, well, we have [inaudible] pass until I come back to it, so I can try to recall.
Libby Lunstrum 27:33
That's fine.
Margaret Covey 27:34
That's not so funny for me. He's the one that does so much for me. Oh dear, I'm disgusted with
myself, I don't usually do that. I'm getting like some, some of the other people here. Well.
Libby Lunstrum 27:58
That's, that's all I have for the form. And now we can just, I can just ask you questions.
Margaret Covey 28:04
All right, you ask me questions. I'll come back with that.
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328 L. L. : Um, would you like to move on, how 'bout to your family, urn your spouses name?
M. C. : How 'bout what did you say?
L. L. : Your family?
M. C. : My Family?
L. L. : Your family, how 'bout your spouses name, your husband's name?
M. C. : Well, you have to start back, back if you want my family, you start back with my, my
father.
L. L. : Actually, I thing we'll get to that, it starts actually, that's, it's starts with relationships and
marriage, and then it goes to family background.
M. C. : Oh, oh. Well, yours are different.
L. L. : Yeah
M. C. : Well, my husband, what do you want to know.
L. L. : [The rest of tape 1, side A up through tape 1, side B @ 412 deals strictly with family
history, so see biographical information.]
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iideB (beginning @ 412)
Blck Dmnd 412 L. L. : So you were born in Black Diamond?
M. C. : I was born in Black Diamond.
L. L. : Urn, what, what do you remember most about your childhood there?
M. C. : About my life there?
L. L. : About your cliildhood?
M. C. : Now, I'm, um, I'm missing a word with you.
L. L. : Childhood.
M. C. : Oh, my childhood.
L. L. : Right.
childhood 417 M. C. : I remember every bit of it just as well as if it were yesterday. That, that follows through
with memory. I lived in Black Diamond, we lived in Black Diamond in a very nice house
for those days. We were the first, we had the first bathroom in town.
[see slides 12 & 13 for pictures of Margaret as a young child]
L. L. : How old were you when you had the bathroom?
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education
land slide
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side B
Tape 2
side A
health
M. C. : Um, I don't remember not having the bathroom because they had it before I came into
being..
L. L. : Urn
M. C. : And, but we moved down to Green River Valley to this ranch that my father had which
was 5 1/2 miles from Black Diamond. And we moved there when I was 5 years old, almost
6.
439 And I started first grade, I had already gone to kindergarten in Black Diamond, and
then, uh, uh, when we moved down to Green river Valley, I attended a 1 room school. I
don't think there were ever more than 10 children in the school and probably not that
many, 'bout 8 would be the, but there were all 8 grades, off and on.
L. L. : Just 1 teacher?
M. C. : Now I missed that..
L. L. : Only 1 teacher? Was there 1 teacher for the whole school.
M. C. : Only 1 teacher, you didn't need any more really. And, it was very interesting from the first
grade through the eighth, I was the only one that went all 8 grades...
L. L. : Um-huh
457 M. C. : ...in the same little school, and that, and that was a mile and a half that we walked every
day to school, sometimes it was 2 miles because we had to go 'round a different way when
there was a slide, and. uh, that is 2 miles to school and 2 miles from school.
L. L. : What kind of slide, like a land slide?
M. C. : Slide was a mud slide.
L. L. : a mud slide
M. C. : next to the river bank.
L. L. : um-huh
M.. C.: In other words, it just, uh, was on clay, and the whole things just slid like frosting on a
cake. And that was a very interesting experience because there were plenty of interesting
things that you did in a one room school that you never would, have the opportunity of
doing out.
L. L. : uh-huh
M. C. : In other words, you'd, the teacher often took us out under a tree when the summer days
were hot. And, and we sat under the tree for a reading lesson. And...
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008 M. C. : [During the time I changed the tape, Margaret shared that the entire time she attended the
1 room school, no student was ever sick, even for a day.]
L. L. : ... at your school?
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