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Westcott
,
Angeline
Duckett
Birth and Death Dates
1911-1981
Call Number
MSS
OH
29
Material Type
Oral
History
Biography
Angeline
Westcott
,
known
as '
Gerd
' to
all
of her
family
and
friends
, was
born
on
March
6
,
1911
in
Monticello
,
Utah
to
John
B
.
Duckett
and
Winnifred
Hyde
as the
youngest
of
nine
children
. Her
father
died
of
pneumonia
when
she was
young
,
leaving
her
mother
alone
to
support
the
family
,
so
Angeline
grew
up
in
poverty
.
When
she was a
little
girl
,
Angeline
exchanged
eggs
for
food
, and at the
age
of
twelve
, she
ironed
clothes
for a
pound
of
butter
.
Throughout
her
life
,
Angeline
worked
hard
to
support
herself
by
performing
various
jobs
,
including
cleaning
,
painting
, and
cooking
.
Even
while
working
hard
,
Angeline
found
time
to
enjoy
herself
as a
teenager
by
attending
all-night
dances
with her
brothers
and
friends
. On
October
11
,
1938
,
Angeline
married
Wayne
Wiley
Westcott
, a
blacksmith
from
Colorado
, in
Monticello
.
Although
their
marriage
did
not
survive
,
Angeline
and
Wayne
had
one
son
together
who
eventually
married
and had
children
. As a
member
of The
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
,
Angeline
endured
persecution
from her
father
and
husband's
anti-Mormon
families
who
refused
to
communicate
with her. At the
age
of
62
(the
time
of the
interview)
,
Angeline
was the
only
living
member
of her
immediate
family
.
Angeline
died
on
October
20
,
1981
in
Monticello
.
Abstract
This
collection
includes
an
oral
history
tape
(150
minutes
in
length)
and a
transcript
(26
pages
in
length)
that
consists
of an
interview
between
Angeline
Westcott
and
Richard
Swanson
on
August
23
,
1973
as
part
of the
Southeastern
Utah
Oral
History
Project
conducted
by the
Charles
Redd
Center
for
Western
Studies
at
Brigham
Young
University
in
collaboration
with the
Utah
State
Historical
Society
. The
oral
history
is
mainly
autobiographical
in
nature
.
Angeline
talks
a
great
deal
about
her
parents
'
backgrounds
and
praises
her
mother
by
saying
, in
spite
of
it
all
[losing
her
husband
and then
two
sons]
, she
weathered
the
storm
successfully
. She
didn't
let
it
get
her
down
, and to
me
she was
just
about
perfect.
'
Angeline
also
discusses
the
changes
that she has
seen
take
place
in
Monticello
during
her
lifetime
,
including
the
construction
of
sidewalks
, the
arrival
of
doctors
, and the
economic
progress
that
Monticello
had
experienced
. She also
talks
about
the
Indians
who
used
to be
prevalent
in the
area
and
tells
a
story
about
Indians
getting
food
and a
skillet
to
cook
the
food
in from
Angeline's
brother
and then
trying
to
exchange
the
skillet
for
food
from
Angeline
.
Angeline
reminisces
about
holidays
in
Monticello
and
says
that she
enjoyed
Christmas
as a
young
girl
when
they would
go
sledding
and
ice
skating
. She also
enjoyed
Independence
Day
and
Pioneer
Day
when
they would have
big
parades
,
rodeos
,
carnivals
, and
dances
in
Monticello
.
Angeline
commends
Monticello
as a
town
whose
citizens
worked
together
,
even
during
the
Depression
: 'If
anyone
would
go
hungry
in
Monticello
there was
something
wrong
with them
because
people
were
kind
and would
give
help
in any
way
.
We
could
raise
some
food
and
find
some
game
; and if
worse
came
to
worst
,
we
in the
community
could
take
somebody's
cow
and
eat
it.
' Then
during
World
War
II
,
Angeline
says
that
everyone
made
sacrifices
when
they had to
ration
stamps
for
shoes
and
sugar
.
Throughout
her
poverty-stricken
life
,
Angeline
worked
steadily
to
support
herself
,
retiring
from
cooking
at a
hospital
at
age
61
. She
attributed
her
work
ethic
to her
mother
: '
When
you
have a
widowed
mother
,
every
kid
gets
kicked
out
and they
get
on their
feet
. They
get
going.
'
Despite
the
trials
that
Angeline
faced
in her
lifetime
,
including
the
deaths
of her
parents
and
all
eight
siblings
,
Angeline
maintained
an
optimistic
outlook
on
life
,
even
enough
to
say
, '
It
has
really
been a
fascinating
life
. If
I
had
it
to
do
over
,
I
would
probably
do
it
the
very
same.
'
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