Olive Kerns

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Olive Kerns

• By Danielle
• Lynn Guthrie
• Full Transcript

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Biography

• Olive was born on April 24, 1926 in
  Fairmont, WV. She was a housewife all her life.
  Her mother and fathers names were Pearl and
  Homer Brown. She had six brothers and six
  sisters. She was the seventh one. Her husbands
  name was Lloyd Kerns. Olive had their kids Carl,
  Alfred, and Judy Kerns.

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Major events in history

• 1929 The Great Depression begins. 1939 World
  War 2 begins. 1941 The USA enters World War 2.
  1945 World War 2 ends. 1950 The Korean War
  begins. 1953 The Korean War ends. 1969 Apollo 11
  astronauts land on the moon. 2000 George W. Bush
  is elected President. 2001 Terrorists attack
  sites in the USA.

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Describe how it was like growing up?

• It was a lot of fun with twelve kids in the
  family and a mom and dad.

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Describe the recreation available to you growing
up?

• There wasnt much. We made up our own games and
  played outside a lot.

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What was your occupation?

• Her occupation was a housewife. She made quilt
  and wrote poems.

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Thank You

• Thank you for letting me interviewing you Olive.