Please keep in mind this is diffently a
work in progress. I have just recently started
this adventure and can see that it is going to
be quite a history lesson in itself.
Melvin was a full blood Oneida Citizen of
the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. He was very
proud of his heritage. At a very young age he
was sent to the Bethany Indian Mission School
in Whittenburg, Wisconsin. He finished the 8th
grade there and returned to Oneida. After his schooling he worked in the cranberry fields for
about 5 years. He then went to work as a
longshoreman for Lights Transfer Co., in Green
Bay, loading and unloading ship cargos. While
working there he married Evelyn Leone Webster
Hill. He worked as a longshoreman for about 4
years before he entered the U.S. Army on the
18th of August 1942. Melvin took Military Police Training while in Basic Training and was a
Military Policeman,Pfc. He was transferred to
Turlock, California and he sent for his wife
and her 4 young sons from her previous marriage. Melvin was discharged from the Army on the 17th
of October 1945,only to find their was no work
in the area for a man with a wife and 4 sons to support. He returned to the U.S.Army on the 5th
of March 1946. This time he was sent to Germany
on the 29th of June 1946. Melvin remained in
Germany until 18th of December, 1948. His military assignments included Pfc.Rifleman and CPL Mechanic when he returned. His papers say he was in the Military Police who guarded the Army Prison and patrolled the streets. He received the WW II
Victory Medal; Army of Occupation Medal; and
the Good Conduct Medal. I saw my father for the
first time on the 30th of December, 1948.
According to Tribal Records, along with some
help from Carolyn Andler, who helped fill in
some names and dates, I am very thankful.
Without them, I wouldn't be this far.UPDATE:
As of April, 2003 I have finally been put in
contact with my first cousins, John and Mary
Webster, who helped me fill in some more information on the family. I was very excited to find them and
am looking forward to more information that John is willing to share that he has researched. This is the main reason I made this site, in hopes of finding more of my family that I have never known. I have also been contacted by a number of Doxtators who are some of my long lost cousins and a very special THANK YOU to Linda Doxtator who helped me find John and Mary.
