Honoring our Immigrant Herritage Survey

Full Name
Lela Mae Morell  

What are your ties to Collyer?

Where did you live?

Which School did you attend?
Mlinek Rural then Collyer.

What was your religious affiliation?
Dunkard Brethern Baptist.

Do you have any stories to tell about family hardships resulting from building and oranizing a Collyer Church or Church Structure?
No.

Were your friends and neighbors all of the same religious affiliation?
No.

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

What language was spoken in the home?
English

Did you experience any problems or barriers caused by speaking a different language?
No

What ethnic and/or religiuos traditions do you specifically remember growing up with? Does your family still practice the same traditions?
Methodist & Baptist.  Still Practice Traditions: Some

When did you and/or your family move to Collyer?
(They) Never (actually lived in town).

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?

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

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?
No, just spelling: from Morrell to Morell.

What year were you born?
(August 23), 1925

Where was you place of birth?
At home South of Collyer, on the farm.

Why did your family leave their homeland?

What form of travel did your ancestors use to get to their destination?
For what I know, wagon, buggy, (and) train.

What hardships did they encounter on their journey?

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

Which Port of Entry did they come through when they arrived in America?
None.

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?
Don't know.

How long did their journey take them from their homeland?
Don't know.

What was the occupation of your ancestors?
Farmers & Storekeepers.

Did they change occupations once they settled?

Did they face discrimination once they settled in Collyer?
No

How did they acquire their homestead land or business?
bought

Did there seem to be different social classes among the settlers?
Don't know, before my time.

How did the war affect you or your family?

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?

Additional Notes:
My mother's family lived in Quinter - My mother was a Boyer - her mother was a Long.  They were all dead (before) I can remeber.  My dad's family lived on a farm on Banner Road.  And they talked about going to Banner for Church and Groceries (and) Mail.  When my folks were married, that's when they started going to Collyer.

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