What a wonderful find! Do keep us posted on both the restoration and the quilters search, what a treasure.
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You might also try the quilt museum in LaConner
https://www.qfamuseum.org/ Mostly my quilt ladies were here on the western side, but they of course did know folks and have relations on the eastern side of the state too. I'll bring it up next Tuesday. Kemp is a pretty common name out here... Bellingham the wrong side (western) but Metaline Falls more likely to go with the otehrs. edit if in time: My aunt's second husband after her first passed, was a Kemp! |
So here are the names:
1. Alna Nauditt ( hard to read last name) 2. Evelyn Anderson 3. Rena Dougherty 4. Esther Dehuff 5. Verna Hill 6. Maggie Siegel 7. Letha Miller 8. Juanita Rogich 9. Erma Samms 10. Mildred Ritter 11. Lillian Martin 12. Anne McKay 13. GHL 14. Laura Clarke 15. Garnet(?) Jeeters 16. Gretchen Driesel (? Last name) 17. Emma Badley 18. Bells 19. Mrs Fred Kamp or Hamp 20. Dol Hall ( ?first) 21. Florence Graham 22. Eunice Ward 23. Jennie Masten 24. Mary Lockhart 25. Edna A(rest hard to make out) 26. Bertha Sullivan 27. Laura Sh——lty (middle letters ?) 28. Christina Pichette 29. Mrs Ella Coale or Goale so that’s the list. I found 8 in the Metaline falls area on the search in the 1940’s census. 4 more in Bellingham and a couple listed in Seattle King on the census. All Washington state since that is where it was found. |
Originally Posted by Iceblossom
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You might also try the quilt museum in LaConner
https://www.qfamuseum.org/ Mostly my quilt ladies were here on the western side, but they of course did know folks and have relations on the eastern side of the state too. I'll bring it up next Tuesday. Kemp is a pretty common name out here... Bellingham the wrong side (western) but Metaline Falls more likely to go with the otehrs. edit if in time: My aunt's second husband after her first passed, was a Kemp! |
I love the stories that come when you do geneological research.
#8 on your list, Juanita Rogich, apparently had a son, Edwin “Ted” Rogich, born in 1924 in Metaline Falls, WA, who died in 2008. According to his obituary at Find A Grave, he founded a neon sign company in Las Vegas and in “1959, he collaborated with Betty Willis to create the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign that has become the iconic representation of Las Vegas throughout the world.” https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...dwin-l.-rogich Now we know we can thank the son of a quilter for that iconic sign! |
#1 is Alma Nauditt. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...alma-d-nauditt
She is buried at the Metaline Cemetary (as are #6 Maggie Siegel and Juanita Rogich). Juanita Rogich maiden name was Samms, so Erma Samms was probably a relative. |
Originally Posted by SuzSLO
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#1 is Alma Nauditt. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...alma-d-nauditt
She is buried at the Metaline Cemetary (as are #6 Maggie Siegel and Juanita Rogich). Juanita Rogich maiden name was Samms, so Erma Samms was probably a relative. |
What an exciting find. Try some of the other names to see if they appear in the same locations or close by. IF they do then you know you are on the right track. Best of luck in your search. Beautiful quilt.
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I sent out the list to my Tuesday group ladies. You just never know. My grandfather's second wife was from a huge family -- if the quilt had been from Yakima and there were Hyatts on it -- well, hey we are related by marriage :)
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Originally Posted by Iceblossom
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I sent out the list to my Tuesday group ladies. You just never know. My grandfather's second wife was from a huge family -- if the quilt had been from Yakima and there were Hyatts on it -- well, hey we are related by marriage :)
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