A quilt puzzle - do you know these people?
Recently a friend bought a vintage quilt top in Anchorage, AK which contained the names of several women along with the dates 1928 and 1944. The woman who sold the top had no information regarding it's history and didn't know any of the women who were named nor where it was made. Maybe some of you know some of these names and can provide information as to the source. My friend would love to return the top to someone who has a direct connection with it. A preliminary check of Ethlyn Wetmore got a link to an Oklahoma census in 1940 but not much else.
Here are the names: These spellings are given as provided by my friend and raise some questions - Are Mrs. Wetmeore and Ethlyn Wetmoore related? Is it Lula or Tula? Walker or Walher? Are Gladys and Lavina related? Why are some "Mrs." and others give their first name? Does this differentiation tell us anything about their relative ages? Also - were these women in a club and making this for one of the members? What do the years 1928 and 1944 tell us about the women?
Mrs. Nipher,
Polly Sheley,
Lula Turner (Tula?),
Eliza Dennis,
Gladys Walker (Walher?),
Lavina Walker,
Jessie Rusche,
Katie Stevens,
Beulah Askren,
Chrystal Anthier,
Mrs Wood,
Mrs. Wetmeore
Ethlyn Wetmoore,
Bertha Millen,
Margaret Shiffer,
Mrs, Paxston