Interview with Gussie Ornellas

dc.contributor.interviewee	Ornellas, Gussie
dc.contributor.interviewer	Kodama, Michiko
dc.coverage.spatial	Honolulu, Oahu
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-04T23:46:10Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-04T23:46:10Z
dc.date.issued	1984
dc.description	Born in 1900, "Gussie" (Lopez) Ornellas, Portuguese, has been a lifelong resident of Kamanaiki Street in Kalihi Valley, Oahu. The youngest girl among a family of nine sons and three daughters, 11 Gussie11 has spent most of her life as a homemaker, taking care of her younger brothers and her own children. As a youth, she attended Sacred Hearts Convent School, played with the neighborhood children, and helped her mother with household chores. At the age of twenty-two, she married Frank Ornellas. She later gave birth to three daughters and two sons . Two daughters, however, lost their lives on December 7, 1941, when shrapnel unexpectedly hit their Kalihi Valley home. Now a grandmother, "Gussie" still participates in community activities and is an active member of Our Lady of the Mount Church.
dc.description	Interview conducted in English.
dc.description.sponsorship	State
dc.format.digitalorigin	Reformatted digital
dc.format.extent	41 pages
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/36650
dc.language.iso	en-US
dc.relation.ispartof	DU629 .K265 K26 1984
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Kalihi: Place of Transition
dc.subject	Honolulu (district)
dc.title	Interview with Gussie Ornellas
dc.type	Interview
dc.type.dcmi	Text

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