Bushbaum Family

Oral History of : Bushbaum Family

Interviewer: Loyce Martinazzi Date: Jul 15, 2015

Location: Tualatin Heritage Center (Video and Audio Recorded)

Agenda (Key words, “tags”)

Scog, Minnie

Raicy, John and Hazel

Malsom Joe's mom from North Dakota

Denley Briefly mentioned local family

Rogers, Drucilla (Duffy)

Elligsen, Harry

Athey, Elvin

Borland, Walter

Schatz, Burt

Schaber, Leonard

Payne, Bob

Larson, Charlie (Charles)

MacNamee               Relatives to Bushbaum's

Blumenstien             Relatives to Bushbaum's

Hagen                       Charles   Carpenter who built barn

Saum                        Local family Jake Steve Gladys George

Reed                         Gordon was one of the "boys" involved with watermelon robbery

Brooks                      Victor.  Made wine for $1 per jug.

Wilke                         Ernest

Robinson                  Newt Lizzy (Elizabeth) Ed Grace

Bushbaum                Joe (Joseph) Ray (Raymond) Martha Florence

Theobald                   Carl

Moonshine shivaree granite pigs bears filberts still revenuers dam millpond Boons Ferry Boreland Road vegetables cantaloupe watermelon WPA W.P.A. toilet Germany boarding house city hall old school Robinson Store railroad Prosperity Park Tigard Safeway Hoffman Store Nyberg Lane meteor whiskey wine Rolling Hills potatoes

Charivari (or shivaree or chivaree, also called "rough music") is the term for a French folk custom in which the community gave a noisy, discordant mock serenade, also pounding on pots and pans, at the home of newlyweds. The loud, public ritual evolved to a form of social coercion, for instance, to force an as-yet-unmarried couple to wed.

The community used noisemaking and parades to demonstrate disapproval, most commonly of "unnatural" marriages and remarriages, such as a union between an older widower and much younger woman, or the too early remarriage by a widow or widower. Villages also used charivari in cases of adulterous relationships, wife beaters, and unmarried mothers. In some cases, the community disapproved of any remarriage by older widows or widowers. Charivari is the original French word, and in Canada it is used by both English and French speakers. Chivaree became the common spelling in Ontario, Canada. In the United States, the term shivaree is more common.[1]