Grandmother's Signature Quilt
During Lorah's last visit with her grandmother before she died, her grandmother pulled out a special quilt out of a chest and said, "This will be yours when I am gone." Unfortunately, when she died in 1965, she left all her household contents for Lorah's father to sort through. One of their relatives came to help and took many things to a charity bazaar. The quilt was apparently sold at that bazaar. The quilt would have been purchased in either Buffalo, New York or Norwalk, Connecticutt in 1965.
The quilt was composed of small squares. Each square had been stitched by a family member. Lorah remembers that one square had the name "Abigail Rockhill" and the date "1847".
Lorah says, "I now have no legal claim to the quilt but have missed it since that day 37 years ago. If anyone knows of this quilt, I would be deeply grateful if they would contact me. I know it is probably fairly valuable by now. I do not want it for the money value but for the family history it contains. I would certainly be willing to pay fair market value." Please contact Lorah at [email protected]
Posted March 1, 2001.
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