Gertrude Rosa Coder

1894 - 1978  (83 years)

• Name	Gertrude Rosa Coder
  Birth	2 Jun 1894	Steele City, Jefferson, Nebraska
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Feb 1978	Enosdale, Washington, Kansas
  Death	14 Feb 1978	Belleville, Republic, Kansas
  Person ID	I4679	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Elias Wampo Coder,   b. 20 Jul 1866, Mahaska County, Iowa d. 15 Apr 1936, Washington, Washington, Kansas (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Bertha Minnie Fahrenwald,   b. 1 Feb 1874, Steele City, Jefferson, Nebraska d. 23 May 1946, Enosdale, Jefferson, Kansas (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	5 Mar 1892	Steele City, Jefferson, Nebraska
  Family ID	F1774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Granville Coy,   b. 5 Jul 1888, Wellman, Washington, Iowa d. 1 May 1957, Washington, Washington, Kansas (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1914	Enosdale, Washington, Kansas
  Children	1. Mae Rosa Coy,   b. 21 Oct 1917, Norton, Norton, Kansas d. 28 Oct 1992, Belleville, Republic, Kansas (Age 75 years)   2. Jesse William Coy,   b. 27 Mar 1921, Ordway, Colorado d. Sep 1990, Washington, Washington, Kansas (Age 69 years)   3. Lester Michael Coy,   b. 15 Jul 1926, Washington, Washington, Kansas d. 26 Mar 1953, Chicago, Illinois (Age 26 years)   4. Ethyl Doris Coy,   b. 2 Feb 1929, Washington, Washington, Kansas d. 22 Jan 1999, Linn, Washington, Kansas (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F1762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Died of Cancer. Gertrude was asked by her great grandson to write a report on herlifeand changes she saw. On September 31, 1975 she wrote: I am 81 years old and often think of so many changes in the manyyears. At age 6 I went to a one room, one teacher school for 6 month term.Wealso had a plain little cook stove no built ins only cupboards toputevery thing in. We washed on a wash board and tub also boiled  thewhiteclothes i a boiler on top of stove. We used a hot iron to irontheclothes. We also made our own soap from cracklins and lye. We didnthaveany phone then and only a few rural mail carriers. When I was 10yearsold we had seven months of school still in a one room oneteacherschoolhouse. Also phones were being installed by then.and morerural mailroutes. We also churned our cream and sold the butter to grocery stores. Atabout12 years old the cream separators came into use in the country.We didnthave many toys to play with but made our own entertainment andgames. Wealways went to mygrandmas for Thanksgiving. She always had 5gallon jarsof 2 kinds of home made cookies. Besides pumpkin pie alsomince meatpies. Every body raised their own apples and run somethrough a press andextracted the juice for cider. Then later the ciderturned to vinegar. The farmers used a walking plow also walkingcultivators, and rode onaplank wired to the harrow. Shucked the corn with a thing aroundtheirhand with a sharp point on one end. The wheat and oats were cutwith?inder which cut the wheat and tied it into bundles, which we hadtostand up into shocks so it wouldnt rot on the ground. A few peoplehadsewing machines and the rest did the sewing with just a needleandthread. We always hadaround 30 men to feed when the thrashingmachinecame to thrash the wheat and oats. We didnt have many books to read nor news papers either. We did ourownbutchering and curing our meat even smoking it to cure to. Driedlots offruits, as didnt know much about canning then. Also renderedour ownlard. No one even heard of a car then, but some did havecarriages orbuggys. At about 15 yearsold the old steamer cars orbuggys began to comeout, but only a few had them then. Also men nowhad riding machinery anda few were getting ranges cook stoves andkitchen cabinets. At 20 when Iwas married we lived in a 2 room houseona farm and husband work for a$1.00 a day for 6 days a week on thefarm. We had to carry all our water from wells and the school childrenwouldtake a bucket and go to closes places from school house and getit fullfor the children todrink all day. Usually 1 dipper for all touse. Aboutthe same time so many upto date things began to come in evenradios andcars and small trucks. We often took wheat to the flour millandexchanged it for flour. Men were still farming with horses or mulesyetthen, but not for to many years when things began to change alot.Tractors, big trucks, furnaces, TVs and built ins. Electricty andallmodern as of now.