Honoring our Immigrant Herritage Survey

Full Name

Glassman, Pete

What are your ties to Collyer?

Where did you live?

Which School did you attend?

Grade

What was your religious affiliation?

Catholic

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?

Yes

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

What language was spoken in the home?

German

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?

Catholic (traditions), (and) Yes, (we still practice same traditions).

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

1920

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?

We haven't heard.

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

Farming

Did you or your parents serve in the military?

dad, 1904

Were there problems caused by your ethnic background?

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

What year were you born?

1919

Where was you place of birth?

Hays, Kansas

Why did your family leave their homeland?

For a better life.

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

Ship

What hardships did they encounter on their journey?

None

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

They came thru Canada

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

Don't know.

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?

(They brought) a full closet.

How long did their journey take them from their homeland?

Around 12 days.

What was the occupation of your ancestors?

Farmers

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?

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

I guess.

How did the war affect you or your family?

mom.

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?

For a better life.

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