(Mrs. Wanza): Yes.

 (Mrs. McKellar): You know I really don't know.

 (Mrs. Wanza): What sort of jobs did they have?

 (Mrs. McKellar): My mother worked, she washed dishes, she did

some of everything, washed clothes and what not on Miami Beach and

she also had a little kindergarten at her house and ah...for the

neighborhood children. Our father was an insurance agent, I don't

know the number of years.

 (Ms. Wanza): Where were you grandparents born?

 (Mrs. McKellar): As far as I know, they were born in the

Bahamas.

 (Ms. Wanza): Did they live in Overtown?

 (Mrs. McKellar): Yes they lived in Overtown for a while, they

came to Miami, both.

 (Ms. Wanza): Okay, what sought of jobs did they have?

 (Mrs. McKellar): No. They did not work at all because they

were elderly persons.

 (Ms. Wanza): Okay, when they came, okay. Can you describe

what it was like growing up in your parents household?

 (Mrs. McKellar): I'll do the best that I can. There were 7

children in the family plus mother and father and at one an aunt

who was our mother's sister. She came from the Bahamas to help

with the 7 children because we were all very small. You said

something about the household. We've always gotten along, you

know, not like some people, fuss all the time. You didn't do that

and when we would go to school and come back, our mother in


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