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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wordless Wednesday - Vintage genealogy sampler

A vintage genealogy sampler sewn by Susan Weston, Massachusetts, 1812-1813. An example from the sampler collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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5 comments:

  1. Elizabeth HandlerJuly 18, 2012 at 9:48 AM

    I love this! I blogged about my 2nd great grandmother's genealogy sampler at From Maine to Kentucky last November.

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  2. ScotSueJuly 18, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    I opened your posting as I am always interested in samplers and it is marvellous to see such a good example of such an age. But thrre was another surpirse - my maiden name was Susan Weston! My Weston ancestors came from the English Midlands and as far as I know there are no American connections.

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  3. Linda GartzJuly 18, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    Ooh! I love these old samplers. Like Elizabeth, I also blogged about my maternal grandmother's samplers (one embroidery; one crochet stitches) on Feb. 24, 2011 at Family Archaeologist. http://familyarchaeologist.blogspot.com/2011/02/dress-designer-extraordinaire.html

    The one you display here is a beauty!

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  4. zelserskJuly 19, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    Like this!

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  5. Heather Kuhn RoelkerAugust 1, 2012 at 3:43 PM

    I, too, thought this was very cool. It makes me want to create a sampler, though I'm not sure what I would do with it. Susan, any hint that you are related to the Westons featured here?

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