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| Object Name | Recording, Audio | 
| Scope & Content | Interview by Beth Bechtel of great-grandmother Mamie G. Metz Godshall (b. 02/28/1894), daughter of Wilson & Alice Geissinger Metz. Married to Jonathan B. Godshall. Digital copy available ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start time Subject 00:00:49 mother was sick, had to do a lot to help out 00:01:57 mother died when Mamie was 10 00:04:04 wasn't allowed to graduate, left school at around age 14 00:06:45 father couldn't keep them after their mother died, drank too much 00:12:19 meeting her spouse 00:14:27 child died of diphtheria at age 3 | 
| Date | 1981 | 
| Object ID # | 2013.25.373 | 
| Length of Interview | 00:17:00 | 
| Manuscript Collection # | z.Audio | 
| Notes | Obituary: Godshall, Mamie G., 96. Born: Feb. 28, 1894, Montgomery Co., Pa., to Wilson A. and Alice K (Geissinger) Metz. Died: Feb. 3, 1991, at Souderton, Pa. Survivors-children: Eva Greaser, Anna Landis, Miriam Detwiler, Verna Mae Detweiler, Willard M., Ernest M., Linneaus M., Stanley M.; 26 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren. Predeceased by Jonathan B. Godshall (husband). Funeral: Feb. 6, Souderton Mennonite Homes Chapel by Henry L Ruth, Russell M. Detweiler, and Floyd M. Hackman. Burial: Franconia Mennonite Cemetery. | 
| Source | Gift of S. Duane Kauffman | 
| People | Godshall, Mamie G. Metz, 1894-1991 | 
