tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post8944852775179229290..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: A Civil War Quilt? Dating Basics Say NoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-25706318696802941252016-05-28T12:59:27.227-05:002016-05-28T12:59:27.227-05:00Sarah E. "Bet" Graves Lowe was my great ...Sarah E. "Bet" Graves Lowe was my great grandmother. Please let me know if you know where the quilt is now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15691978996913255790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-60161922635852587302015-10-04T19:07:56.971-05:002015-10-04T19:07:56.971-05:00I've seen 19th century families in which the a...I've seen 19th century families in which the age gap between youngest and oldest child was 22 years -- "how" is they married early, sometimes the bride was as young as 15, they lived long and kept at it. Assuming only one husband fathered all of Sarah Lowe's children, a big gap in the middle like this usually indicates that some children were born who died young or there were miscarriages and/ stillbirths. On findagrave, however, unless all the children are listed in the "bio" section of the memorial, the blue links to children's graves will only include graves that were made into findagrave online memorials. Often the links do not contain every child for this reason. That is the situation on this memorial. There could have been several live healthy births in that 10 year span, it's just that their graves aren't posted on the findagrave website or if they are, they haven't yet been linked to their mother's memorial. Sarah Lowe's memorial is memorial # 99328250 at findagrave.com. Genealogy and quilts often seem to go hand-in-hand.Suzanne Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387297696390711279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-71852473562001667982015-10-03T23:56:21.991-05:002015-10-03T23:56:21.991-05:00Very interesting. Thank you for the wonderful post...Very interesting. Thank you for the wonderful post. I love old quilts but know nothing of dating them.Jeannine520https://www.blogger.com/profile/02528971053015531108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-17689796457471905952015-10-03T17:13:18.641-05:002015-10-03T17:13:18.641-05:00You may have gotten off on a tangent with Z Bugg.....You may have gotten off on a tangent with Z Bugg.... but I am wondering how Sarah Lowe had children 24 years apart, with 10 years between 3 and 4. With six children why did not one of them have the quilt? But these are not quilt history questions but genealogy questions which in my book are just as interesting.Susie Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893377527974815997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-72239563537096748712015-10-03T16:51:00.029-05:002015-10-03T16:51:00.029-05:00So interesting, as always, Barbara. Thanks for sh...So interesting, as always, Barbara. Thanks for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627966985641799088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-75230109450272525452015-10-03T11:36:06.832-05:002015-10-03T11:36:06.832-05:00Great info. I am usually skeptical of anything cl...Great info. I am usually skeptical of anything claimed to be that old (even a fork.) This helps provide some criteria to the skepticism. Thank you.Lady Locusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661298925602199106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-54573102488316613982015-10-03T09:23:40.585-05:002015-10-03T09:23:40.585-05:00In genealogy, one of the cardinal rules is that or...In genealogy, one of the cardinal rules is that oral histories are often inaccurate, but contain a grain of truth. Stories get mangled over time like a game of rumor. This should also be applied to the stories that are attached to quilts and other heirlooms. kdduncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02324473106970005553noreply@blogger.com