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Born
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Changing name
Her name is Oak Ja in Korean but Japanese forced Koreans to change their names in Japanese, so her Japanese name was Damaco. 玉光 -
Oldest sister marriage
Her oldest sister got married when she was 17 so that she wouldn't be sexual salvery to Japanese soldiers. -
Japanese stole brassware
Japanese stole brassware from Koreans home to make weapons. But Koreans were using brassware for daily use. Her family hide brassware under the ground but they found and stole it. Her family was very poor that they ate kudzu root. -
Libertion
After 35 years of colony, Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule. -
Korean War
Korean War started -
Go to refuge
North Korea came to South, so her family went to mountain/woods for refuge. She was only 10 years old and she had to carry her nephew on her back while she was climbing on the mountain. During refuge, they didn't have any food so they ate wild fruit. -
Bridge explosion
She had to see her village bridge exploded by the South soilders to block North to come further. They dig a cave to hide themselves under the ground in the mountain during refuge. -
Armistice between North and South
Armistice was declared and it is still continuing today. After the Korean war, most of the people starved, including her family. They picked mugwort from the yard and ate it for food. -
High school was established in her village
There was high school in Korea, but it was too far fo her to go so she couldn't go to high school for a year after graduating middle school. After high school was established in her village, she went to high school for a year but she could not continue her study in high school due to financial problem. (High school was not mendatory in Korea at that time) -
Married
She got married when she was 22 years old. -
Give first childbirth
My grandmother named her first baby Hyun Joo Lee. She didn't go to hospital to give birth. She did at her house. -
Give 2nd childbirth
My grandmother named her 2nd baby Kyung Mee Lee. She didn't go to hospital to give birth. She did at her house. -
Give 3rd childbirth
My grandmother named her 3rd baby Joo Young Lee -
Give 4th childbirth
My grandmother named her 4th baby (my mom) Ji Young Lee. My grandmother kept making baby to get a son but she gave up after the 4th daughter. Her mother in law was very mean to her, treated her really badly, and even asked my grandfather to marry another girl for a grand-son. But, my grandfather rejected. -
Bankruptcy
She declared bankrptcy to people she borrowed money. She started her own business by selling clothes. At night, she went to the capital (seoul) to buy clothes, and came back in the morning to sell clothes in her town. (300km one way) -
Her first daughter marriage
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Her second daughter marriage
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Her 3rd daughter marriage
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Her 4th daughter marriage
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Living as a housewife
After her daughters got married, she lived as a housewife -
Her 6th grand children was born
My grand parents named her Hyun Kyung (Me)
