Honoring our Immigrant Herritage Survey

Full Name

Malinowsky, Dorthy Mabel (Newcomer)

What are your ties to Collyer?

I lived on a farm east of Collyer with my parents Clark & Eileen Newcomer until I married Myron Malinowsky in 1969.

Where did you live?

East of Collyer.

Which School did you attend?

Collyer Grade School, Trego Community High School (WaKeeney, KS), a 3 month telet? communitcation course in Omaha, Nebraska.

What was your religious affiliation?

Methodist.

Do you have any stories to tell about family hardships resulting from building and oranizing a Collyer Church or Church Structure?

Were your friends and neighbors all of the same religious affiliation?

Your ethnic background/which country did your ancesters call home?

Holland Dutch; German & Scotch.

What language was spoken in the home?

English

Did you experience any problems or barriers caused by speaking a different language?

What ethnic and/or religiuos traditions do you specifically remember growing up with? Does your family still practice the same traditions?

Christmas Eve we always had oyster soup and our gift exchange, and we still keep that same tradition as of today with my family.

When did you and/or your family move to Collyer?

Do you know how "Collyer" was chosen as a home designation? (Why did your family move here?) Did they operate a farm on homesteaded property?

That's where my parents homesteaded. They were stockmen and farmers.

Did you/and or your family operate a business in Collyer?

Farm.

Did you or your parents serve in the military?

No.

Were there problems caused by your ethnic background?

Was your family name changed after you arrived in the United States?

(Only changed to my married name.)

What year were you born?

(no information given)

Where was you place of birth?

Quinter, Kansas

Why did your family leave their homeland?

They never did leave.

What form of travel did your ancestors use to get to their destination?

Covered Wagon.

What hardships did they encounter on their journey?

The Indians and Thunderstorms. The passenger would ride beside the driver in the wagon with a shot gun and shoot the Indians if they got out of hand. Another hardship was if the horses would spook and run away with the wagon. The driver would have to jump out of the wagon on the horses back and get to the lead horses (and) try and slow them down, before they would hit a rock, or go over a cliff and really break the wagon down.

What Ports of Call did they travel through to get to America?

Unknown.

Which Port of Entry did they come through when they arrived in America?

Ellis Island, famous Island off New York.

What possessions did they bring along with them on their journey? Did they have to sell most of their possessions to be able to obtain money for the journey?

A few clothes, wooden spoons, metal pots and pans. Kill rabbits for meat, probably rice and flour. Flour to make biscuits. No, (they didn't have to sell most of their possessions to obtain money for the journey).

How long did their journey take them from their homeland?

I could take 2-3 months depending on the place they were.

What was the occupation of your ancestors?

Farmers and Stockmen.

Did they change occupations once they settled?

Did they face discrimination once they settled in Collyer?

How did they acquire their homestead land or business?

Homesteaded. They knew that there was land for sale, so they purchased it.

Did there seem to be different social classes among the settlers?

No.

How did the war affect you or your family?

No affect.

Do you have ties or are you in communication with anyone in your ancestor's country?

Have you ever been back to your ancestor's country?

How did your ancestors integrate into a community? In other words, what was the common thread that brought them together?

(Busy) Making a living in their (own) occupation.

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