Gulf Coast Regional
Date2/7/2004
ClassificationsArchive
Credit LineCitizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center
Object number020704-3
DescriptionHouston, TXCollections
Finding AidTimeCode Shot
0.00.24.00 >>>Jeff Dave Robinson-*Brant Parent billie Jean Brant Robinson GP Walter Brant Father's father had land.
0.00.38.00 finding all kinds of stuff from his mothers house because she just passed.
0.01.30.00 Kathleen Guindon and Son derrick Guiterriz-*Melott Parent Wnada C. Melott GPBen Melott
0.01.40.00 Derrick raised in Sante Fe, TX Mother raised in Woodville TX
0.02.02.00 Her mother was into the Pota heritage. Has come to the complex.
0.03.01.00 Derrick going into the Marine Corp. in April.
0.03.35.00 Louis Melott was Great Grandfather Has four children
0.05.16.00 >>>Barbara Abbey-* Rhodd Parent Dolly Little Barnes GP Inex Rhodd Little
0.05.30.00 Born in Wetumka OK grew up in gainsville TX School Univ of TX
0.05.55.00 Beverly Hughes
0.06.17.00 >>>Ina Lu Francis-*Rhodd Parent Dolly Little Barnes GP Inez Rhodd Little Sister of Barbara Abbey
0.06.28.00 Beverly Hughes is their relative.
0.08.17.00 Know about things through her more than anything.
0.08.40.00 Money
0.08.57.00 Husband
0.09.12.00 Alloted land GM owned some land in OK.
0.10.57.00 GM was stern and she looked NA. Everyone knew her in Wetumka, OK. She ran a boarding house. Her husband was a sheriff.
0.12.29.00 >>>Doris Marie Weld Brenner-*Weld Parent Oliver Kelly Weld GPHiram Weld
0.12.56.00 Meet in Stillwater A&M.
0.13.20.00 Grew up in Pauls Valley. She and her sister got their tonsils out at the same time.
0.14.25.00 Happy to get over to Carl Albert. She has gone there and took her son.
0.17.35.00 Five of them. Her dad was born in KS and they moved to allotment near Shawnee.
0.19.47.00 Oil on her dad's land. She got a winter coat shoes and she was thrilled.
0.20.50.00 >>>Martha Weld Danforth-*Weld Parent Oliver Kelly Weld GP Oliver Kelly Weld sr. GGP Hiram Weld
0.21.47.00 Only child. Visited on of the pow-wows been to the museum
0.22.29.00 >>>Ray Herndon Jr. -*Bergeron Parent Ray Herndon Sr. GP Clara Harridge
0.22.42.00 Raised in OKC moved to Houston. Wife Sue
0.23.02.00 GGM was the oldest he knew. Has some things written down at home.
0.23.44.00 "sentimental
Coming to meetings for years. Also an artist. In Army AirForce. Went to CA at an Art Institute."
0.25.01.00 Two daughters both in OKC.
0.25.31.00 Use to have a meeting in a little house or church and he remembers that.
0.26.16.00 >>>Marie Aleana Chaudhari - *Lafrombroise Parent Harry Watkins William Joseph Watkins
0.27.05.00 Wedding.
0.27.23.00 Third meeting attended. Not been to Shawnee. Husband two sons.
0.28.32.00 No relatives in Shawnee area. Always knew she was a Pota.
0.30.03.00 GP was a happy person and worked on the rail roads.
0.30.20.00 >>>Jason Tade- *Rhdd Parent Charles Gene Tade GP Helen Rhodd
0.31.16.00 Always knew he was a trible member. Allotment land. Rhodd.
0.32.10.00 cousins uncles family still in Shawnee area.
0.32.43.00 First meeting in TX has gone to Intertribal
0.33.15.00 Two older brothers Father Charles Tade Trailer was on the hill. Ben Rhodd would be able to give close history.
0.34.41.00 Tribe has come a long way. Moving in the right direction.
0.36.26.00 Shoe program Money when they were 18. Education benefits Medical. All very important
020704-3
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