Oral history of Ray Estep, Jim Frohnapfel, and Debbie Frohnapfel

Identifier:

4224.EstepRayFrohnapfelJimFrohnapfelDebbie.AudioInt.6.22.16

Title:

Oral history of Ray Estep, Jim Frohnapfel, and Debbie Frohnapfel

Date:

2016-06-22

Creator:

Frohnapfel, Debbie, Frohnapfel, Jim, and Estep, Ray

Contributor:

Ryan, Cheryl and Hilliard, Emily

Description:

St. Joseph Settlement aka the German Settlement is a rural community of farms on the Marshall-Wetzel County borders, settled by German Catholic immigrants in the 1850s. As Cheryl Harshman says in her e-WV article on the settlement, the church, schoolhouse (now a public library and parish museum), rectory, community building, and cemetery are still the heart of the St. Joseph community.On June 22, 2016, Harshman hosted state folklorist Emily Hilliard on a visit to the settlement, meeting community members Jim and Debbie Frohnapfel and Ray Estep and visiting the church and cemetery. In this interview, Estep and the Frohnapfels talk about the St. Joseph Settlement community past and present, the church, and the graveyard.Learn more via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/158

Subject:

Farms--West Virginia, German American Catholics, Cemeteries, Cooking, German, and Catholic church buildings

Rights:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Location:

Wetzel County (W. Va.) and Marshall County (W. Va.)

Format:

audio/wav

Language:

English

Source:

A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection