Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1977.023.001 |
Object Name |
Quilt, Bed |
Other Name |
Quilt, Signature |
Title |
St. Vincent Red Cross Quilt, 1914 |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
1914 |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1914 |
Made |
St. Vincent Red Cross group |
Place of Origin |
St. Vincent Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
signature quilt / name quilt (bedspread) on white cotton ground. Each block has embroidered names in red thread going in different directions with a red embroidered maple leaf in the centre of each block. There are 728 names in total on the quilt. The design and direction of the names is different in each block. There is an off-white border that is 10 cm wide. The binding is off-white and is approx. 1 cm wide. There are 42 blocks in total (six across and seven down). Block 1: Mrs. Wm. Ward, Miss Wreath, Mrs Bocholds, Mrs W. Ward, Mrs Shaw, Jean Thompson, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs. J. W. Redfurn [Redfern?], Mrs. McKay, Mr. Lee, Mr. W. Ireland, Mrs. G. Jolley, Mrs. M. Duncan, Mrs. Black, Mr. T. McKay, Mr. M. Duncan. Block 2: Mr. G. W. Patterson, Mrs. G. W. Patterson, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. W. Kerr, Mr. E. N. Cooper, Jean Porter, Berton Kerr, Mrs. E. N. Cooper, Mary Porter, Mr. W. Kerr, Mr. J. Lemon, Gordon Kerr, Mr. D. Theakston, Harold Theakston, Willie Kerr, Mrs D. Theakston, Herbie Theakston, Mr. J. L. Patterson, Mr. J. Atkins, Mrs. J. Atkins, Mary Ormsby. Block 3: F. Johnson, Mrs. W. Hall, Mr. Cooper, O. Robertson, Mrs. Shute, C. Shields, Mrs. J. Dunnill, W. Leask, Mrs. C. Stevenson, Mrs. G. ?, M. Gibbs, G. Stevenson, Mrs. Atcheson, Mr. G. Carnahan, R. Dunnill, L. Robterson. Block 4: Thelma Adams, Emma Shunk, Mrs. H. McKay, Pte. Bell, Harry Dyce, Agnes Rows, Mrs. E. Boyd, Mr. J. Jolley, Miss Bell, Ed Snell, Mrs. Bell, Burton Kerr, Grace Malcolm, Mrs. A. Douglas, Austin Brown, Belle Dunnill, Joe Jolley, Mrs. J. Laycock, John Palmer, Grace Adams. Block 5: Cecil Newman, Hollis Wearn, Mrs. G. S. Watson, William Miller, Mrs. O. Watson, Stanley Watson, Geo. S. Watson, Grandpa Watson, Grandma Watson, Mrs. O. Reid, George Thompson, Jack MacDonald, James Watson, Verne Ceasor, Harold Watson, Neil Morrison, William Mackay, Mrs. Gower. Block 6: Mrs. E. Whealer, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. W. Tucker, Mrs. J. Stitt, Leo Terry, Datson Palmer, Arthur McKay, Birtha Boyd [Bertha?], Lola Smith, Velma Armstrong, Laura McDonald, Ross Muxlow, Ernest Clark, Fred Bumstead, Hazel Almond, Elsie Stewart. Block 7: Mrs. Lockie, Abbie Mulhall, Sarah Lackie, John Lackie, G. Bumstead, O. Bumstead, Bert Lackie, George Adams, John Adams, Emma Adams, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs. J. Thompson, Mr. W. Stewart, Mrs. W. Stewart, Cora Doherty, A. Bumstead, Mrs. F. Gilmore, Mr. F. Gilmore, Lyman Gilmore, Mr. W. Tucker. Block 8: Florence Smith, W. H. Palmer, Morley Brown, Henry Palmer, Mrs. E. Brown, Elmer Brown, Jennie McDougall, Edith Palmer, D. J. Palmer, Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. W. Brown, Kathleen Palmer, Lloyd Gilmore, Dell Raven, Mrs. J. Cann, John Cann. Block 9: Elsie McMahon, G. F. Arthur, Mrs. G. F. Arthur, Eugene Arthur, Ernest Brown, G. A. Baker, Mrs. G. A. Baker, Geordie Baker, Oriole Baker, Kate Harris, Mrs. Herb Baker, Wm. Geddes, Mrs. Wm. Geddes, Wm. McMahon, Mrs. Wm. McMahon, Russell McMahon. Block 10: Margie Silverthorn, Lister Silverthorn, Martha Carnahan, Robert Street, Mrs. C. Cunningham, Mary Cunningham, Mrs. A. McDonald, J. H. Walmsley, Thos. Silverthorn, Mrs. Thos. Silverthorn, Mrs. J. Johnston, Pearl Rows, Bert Silverthorn, Flower Silverthorn, Geo. McConnell, Mr. Murdock. Block 11: Mr. F. Bumstead, George Palmer, Dilbert Raven, Bertha Adams, Mrs. Cann, Miss May Free, Mrs. D. Palmer, Mr. D. Palmer, Miss H. Bonnell, Mr. Wm. Rows, Lillie Ormsby, Mrs. W. Rows, Grandma Jolley, Mrs. F. Bumstead, Mr. S. Tallman, Mrs. S. Tallman, Mrs. F. Bower. Block 12: Mr. R. Jolley, Grace Dunnill, Bob Ford, Mrs. Ronalds, Mrs. L. Robertson, Mrs. J. Joy, Wilfred Leach, M. Londry, Mrs. D. Ormsby, John Jay, Mrs G. Carnahan, A. Finlay, Mrs. C. Meyers, Arlay Jay, Mrs. H. Leach, Miss E. McKay, Mr. J. Dunnill, Vera House, Clifford Ford, Mr. J. Cooper. Block 13: Pte. C. Bright, Leo Boyle, Lydia Archibald, Jenna Archibald, Pte. T. R. Boyle, J. J. Stinson, Mrs. J. J. Stinson, Myrtle Stinson, Pte. W. S. Doran, Jessie Doran, Ruby Doran, Dayton Doran, Pte. H. Tiffin, Clifford Long, Mrs. Clifford Long, Edna Grace Long. Block 14: Mrs. I. Porter, Sadie Hudson, Mrs. Hollis Weaver, Mrs. H. Mills, Lizzie Ellis, Isabel Shields, Ruby McAleer, Mrs. Howard Weaver, Miss E. Porter, Howard Weaver, Mr. H. Mills, Dr. Drummond, Hollis Weaver, George Ellie, Elmer Ormsby, Joseph? Shields, Mrs. Dr. Drummond, David McAller. Block 15: Pte. R. Palmer, Mr. H. Dyre, Pte. A. Silverthorn, Pte. E. Eagle, Capt. Spencer, Pte. W. Watson, Pte. J. Baker, Pte. R. Boyle, Pte. W. Doran, Pte. R. Taylor, Pte. P. Watson, Pte. W. King, Pte. R. Doran, Pte. J. Ridell, Pte. H. Baker, Pte. A. Quinton. Block 16: Wilma Adams, Kathleen Palmer, Grace Jolley, Isabel Porter, Annie Jolley, Edith Jolley, Deda Gilmore, Jane Jolley, Lina Shields, Cora Doherty, Mary Ormsby, Addie Rumsby, Cora Watson. Block 17: George Jolley, Mr. Ashby, Edith Jolley, Alymer Boyes, Mrs. Mason, Arthur R. Boyes (usually known as Reg Boyes), Mable Ward, Nina Beckett, Mrs. Kerr, Hughie Dunnill, Mr. Eaton, Mrs. Asby, Ruth Boyes, Will Porter, Arthur Shields, Mr. Wolfe, Helen M. Richardson, Mr. Locksley. Block 18: Garfield Doherty, Clayton Eagle, Mr. H. Bumstead, Hazel Doherty, Mrs. C. Rankin, Elmer Brown, Carman Brown, Mrs. F. Baker, Mr. F. Baker, Fred Bishop, Mrs. F. Kerr, Mabel Doherty, Mr. H. Doherty, Mrs. H. Doherty, Mr. C. Rankin, Mrs. S. P. Blanchard, Mrs. A. Francis, J. D. Bell. Block 19: Lina Shields, Denise Morrison, James Morrison, Mrs. W. Doran, Mr. W. Barnett, James Rumsby, Mrs. J. Rumsby, Mrs. J. Shields, Elton Dyce, Frank Rankin, Stanley Rumsby, Mr. J. Shields, Harry Gibbs, William Gibbs, James Mandall. Block 20: Russell Johnson, Walter Johnson, Laverna Snider, Thelma Johnson, Mrs. W. J. Boyd, John Boyle, John Marshell [Marshall], Lorne Snider, Mr. Wellington Hart, Mr. Wellington Snider, Mrs. Wellington Snider, Mrs. H. Javens, Mrs. S. Johnson, Mr. S. Johnson, Ethel Snider, Mr. H. Javens. Block 21: Mrs. D. Ford, Mrs. W. Brown, Mrs. L. Eagles, Mrs. E. Dunnell, Mrs. D. Robertson, Mrs. H. McKay, Alice Taylor, Elevyn Brown, Mrs. C. Doherty, Mrs. F. Kerr, Mrs. H. Bumstead, Bell Dunnell, Mrs. J. Taylor, Mrs. E. Brown, Mrs. A. Rows, Willie Jolley, Mr. J. Marshall, Mrs. I. Porter. Block 22: Mrs. G. Watson, Mrs. Quinton, Mrs. J. Cann, Mrs. L. Gilmore, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. J. Jolley, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Ormsby, Mrs. C. Johnson, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. G. Jolley, Mrs. S. Johnson, Mrs. Long, Mrs. Boyes, Mrs. Doherty, Mrs. J. Shields. Block 23: Percy Reid, Cora Watson, Pte. E. Laycock, Mrs. J. Raven, Pte. E. Clock, Mrs. N. Morrison, Alice Blanchard, Pte. A. McNab, W. J. Moffat, Lila Morrison, Pte. P. Watson, Mrs. J. Reid, Mrs. J. Eaton, Alma Watson, Pte. R. Morrison, George Miller. Block 24: Mr. A. King, Mr. A. McDougall, Mrs. A. McDougall, Miss Ethel Johnson, Georgina Gray, Mrs. T. Findlay, Mrs. F. Olmstead, Olive Palmer, Mrs. T. Watson, Mrs. W. Lemon, Mrs. R. Olmstead, Mrs. Dixon, Robert Walters, Mrs. T. Baker, Amy Laycock, Mr. T. Watson. Block 25: Miss L. Smith, Olive Laycock, W. G. Armstrong, R. J. Smith, Annie Jolley, Mrs. C. Doherty, Mr. C. Doherty, Mrs. W. J. Holmes, Armon Ford, Henry Palmer Sr., Mrs. A. N. Smith, Luther Mills, Mrs. R. J. Smith, Mrs. R. S. Godfrey, Dalton Palmer, W. L. Batty. Block 26: May Jolley, Elgin Johnson, Mrs. Greenfield, Ada Shields, Mrs. Shields, Edna Mason, Mrs. Ed. Dunnill, Miss Crouch, Mrs. R. Jolley, Belle Dunnill, Mary Ormsby, Mr. Shields, Fred Savage, Roy Shields, Mr. S. Doran, Mr. G. Jolley, Geo. Read, Annye Bright, Wilda Jolley. Block 27: Mrs. Will Fligg, Mrs. Wm. Fligg, Mrs. P. Snell, Beatrice Snell, Lister Silverthorn, Mazie Silverthron, Bert Silverthorn, Jean Fossit, Goldwin Wilson, Carl Wilson, Will Snell, Ray Wilcox, Ed Bumstead, Mrs. Ed Bumstead, Worsy Bumstead, Hazel Wilson. Block 28: May Fligg, Eva Adams, Florence Fligg, John Bumstead, Muriel Jolley, Mrs. P. Bumstead, Arthur Jolley, Bert McKenzie, Harold Jolley, Mrs. J. Baker, Kathleen Adams, Hattie Bumstead, Mrs. Thomson, Mr. P. Bumstead, Margery Thomson, Jane Jolley. Block 29: Mr. John Cann, Mr. J. D. Fligg, Evelyn Brown, Mrs. Robert Walters, Lena Palmer, Mr. D. Mills, Mrs. D. Mills, Wilma Rankin, Christine McDougall, Florence Milligan, Clara Glover, Kathleen Palmer, Mrs. John Cann, Austin Brown, Lloyd Gilmore, William Baker, Ethel Rankin, Mary Ann Cardwell. Block 30: Grace McCutcheon, Clara McCutcheon, Dayman McCutcheon, Mrs. W. McCutcheon, Bert Shields, Elliot Shields, Lenora McInnis, Mr. D. Morrison, John Marshall, Pheobe [Phoebe] Marshall, Jenny Whitfield, Mrs. D. Morrison, Helen M. Jay, Nelly Stevenson, Mrs. C. Meyers, Mr. W. McCutcheon. Block 31: Mrs. H. Ferguson, Mr. H. Ferguson, Mrs. Dr. Gower, Mr. Dr. Gower, Olive Laycock, Mrs. Orston?, Mrs. J. Emery, Ray Doherty, Elmore Ormsby, Mr. A. Corley, Earl Doherty, Mrs. A. Bumstead, Mrd. D. Mills, Mr. D. Mills, Hugh Cubitt, Mrs. L. Eagle, Mr. L. Eagle, Mrs. G. T. House, Miss C. Rumsby, Miss A. Rumsby. Block 32: Wilfred Rogers, Emerson Wright, Dilbert Raven, Frank Howe, Myrtle Almond, Robert McCausland, David McKay, Laura McKay, Deda Gilmore, Bella Davidson, Margaret Ferry, Bill Caffers, Pte. P. Watson, Tom Douglas, Edward Brinkman, George Ferry. Block 33: Lena Palmer, Evelyn Brown, William Kingwell, Henry Kingwell, Tom Paul, Charley Cartwright, Howard Mathewson, Fred Rumsey, Ernest Ballard, Carl Stevens, Albert Wright, Charlie Eagle, W. Brown, Miss A. Shepherdson, Mrs. R. A. Ford, Mr. R. A. Ford. Block 34: Annie Jolley, Mrs. A. Rows, Grace Jolley, Retta Bumstead, Ross Dunnill, Mr. G. Dyce, Roy Rows, Mr. A. Adams, James Jolley, Mrs. G. Dyce, Mr. J. Dunnill, Mrs. A. Adams, Grace Dunnill, Mr. A. Rows, Mrs. J. Dunnill, Gordon Tallman. Block 35: Ray Rows, Marion Arthur, Herman Otter, Samuel Tallman, Mrs. Geo. Read, Cecil Bilton, Charlotte Shunk, Mr. Wm. Cameron, Wilma Adams, Mr. Wm. Bilton, Mrs. Callery, Mrs. Bilton, Russell Adams, Mr. Wm. Adams, Mr. Culbertson, Doris Bilton, Rae Culbertson. Block 36: Mrs. T. King, Edith Cummingham, Millie Shunk, Will Snell, Tom King, John Callery, Jean Adams, Ed Dunnill, Sadie Dunnill, John Laycock, Ezra Pritchard, Amy Tallman, Mrs. E. Dunnill, Edith Stopolben, Gordon Adams, Grandpa Jolley. Block 37: Mrs. H. McKay, F. Hazard, Mrs. H. Bumstead, Mr. W. C. Ar?, Mrs. L. Hall, F. Boyes, Mr. Stevenson, Mrs. B. Long, E. Boyes, A. Boyes, Mr. B. Long, Mr. Boyes, N. Leach, Mr. G. Boyes, Mrs. F. Kerr, E. Boyes, F. Boyes. Block 38: Mrs. W. Boyd, Mr. W. Boyd, Miss E. Laycock, T. A. Londry, Laura Murray, Clara Stanley, Mrs. R. Davidson, Alma Kirkpatrick, Lyla Irwin, Bessie Douglas, Mrs. R. E. Brown, Olive Palmer, Mrs. E. Bumstead, Iva Stitt, Mrs. A. Watson, Marion Wilcox. Block 39: Willie Holstock, Mrs. Luther Mills, Mr. Isaac Porter, Tirzah Arthur, Mr. A. S. Donald, Miss Darcy Newburn, Jack Porter, Mrs. Holstock, Mrs. Burr, Josephine Porter, Mr. Wm. Newburn, Mrs. A. M. Taylor, Mr. Taylor, Mrs. D. Mills, Mr. Burr, Herbert Porter, David Mills, Mrs. Newburn, Karl Porter, Edward E. Reid. Block 40: Clayton Eagle, Wilt Doherty, Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Redge Doherty, L. Sunter, Mr. T. Doherty, Mr. F. Doherty, Velma Eagle, Harry Doherty, Miss I. Case, Lloyd Gilmore, Mrs. A. Robertson, Morley Brown, Mrs. W. Ford, Mr. W. Ford, M. A. Londry, Linton Robertson, Mr. A. Robertson, Mr. E. Craig, Mrs. E. Craig, W. J. Bumstead, Mrs. Wm. Brown. Block 41: Mrs. H. Adams, Mrs. J. Jolley, Mr. Ephram Adams, Mr. H. Adams, Olive Yeadell, Mrs. B. Arthur, Mr. J. Bumstead, Mr. Tonkin, Mrs. Kellough, Millie Stopolben, Mrs. J. Bumstead, Violet Moore, Grace Taylor, Mr. Stilwell, Dulvena McVittie, Edd Snell. Block 42: Cora Doherty, Jim Quinton, Mrs. Quinton, Retta Doherty, Mrs. Geo. McKenzie, Geo. McKenzie, Amy Laycock, Lizzy Cora, Mrs. Doherty, Eva Laycock, Mrs. Blanchard, Edna McKenzie, A. Wright, M. Wright, E. Kingswell, C. Kingswell, Mrs. Ed Brown, Miss M. Ford, G. Kingwsell, Becky Doherty, B. Kingswell, Earl Doherty, Mrs. Appenizer, Mrs. Nelson. |
Provenance |
This item was a project of the St. Vincent Township Red Cross group in Grey County during the First World War (then known as the European War). It has 728 names recorded on it. Each person recorded on it paid ten cents to have his or her name put on it. The quilt was auctioned off at St. John's Church at a garden party. Tom Ashby was the auctioneer. Donald Palmer and Isaac Porter bid on the quilt and raised up the price. William Rows made the winning big, purchasing it, then turned it back in for resale and then re-purchased it for $15.00. Mr. Rows, (pronounced "Rouse") owned the farmhouse that is now in Moreston Heritage Village at Grey Roots Museum & Archives. After William Rows died, the quilt went to his son, E. Albert Rows, and last belonged to his wife (first name unknown). |
Collection |
Textiles, Bedding Collection |
Material |
Cotton/Embroidery thread/Thread/Dye |
Dimensions |
W-64.843 L-74.646 inches |
Found |
St. Vincent Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Rows, William Rows, Albert Holstock Snider, Wellington Snider, Lorne Newburn, Darcy Boyes, Arthur Reginald (Reg) |
Subjects |
Quilting St. Vincent Township World War I (First World War/The Great War) Quilts Embroidery The Red Cross Maple leaf Symbols Canada |
Search Terms |
Canadian Red Cross Society St. Vincent Township |
Function |
Made to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I (a fundraiser). |