Elsie Rogstad Jones 1918-

• Published in: The Small Details of Life p. 371
• Main Author: MAXINE HANCOCK
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press 18.09.2002
• Subjects: Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Applied sciences; Applied sociology; Archival science; Archiving; Baked goods; Behavioral sciences; Breads; Business; Children; Churches; Clothing industry; Consumer goods industries; Cultural anthropology; Diaries; Edible seeds; Folklore; Folkloristics; Folktales; Food; Food consumption; Food science; Food studies; Foodstuffs; Human geography; Human populations; Industrial sectors; Industry; Information science; Legumes; Library science; Manufacturing industries; Meals; Mealtimes; Metropolitan areas; Mothers; Peas; Personal archiving; Personal documents; Persons; Political geography; Population studies; Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology of religion; Suppers; Tall tales; Villages; Women
• ISBN: 9780802081599; 0802081592
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442682375.18

Elsie Rogstad Jones was born in Robsart, Saskatchewan, on 14 January 1918, to Perry and Anna (nee Hansen) Rogstad. Her parents were both children of Norwegian immigrants. Drought and hail in southern Saskatchewan drove the young Rogstad family to Minneapolis in 1921, where Elsie’s father did house painting and wall papering. Three other children were born there: brother Bob, sister Pat, and ‘little brother’ Jack. The youngest was just five months old when, in 1927, Perry Rogstad died of heart failure, leaving Elsie’s mother with four small children. If economic necessity had brought the family to Minneapolis, it now drove