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Object ID #

1968.020.001

Object Name

Quilt, Bed

Other Name

Quilt, Signature

Title

Springmount Red Cross Helpers Name Quilt

Lexicon category

2: Building Furnishings

Date

February-March 1917

Year Range from

1917

Year Range to

1917

Made

Springmount Red Cross Helpers

Place of Origin

Springmount, Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County

Description

A signature quilt / name quilt with white cotton ground and red embroidered stitching with 1,040 names. Each block is unique with a different embroidered design or object. There are 90 blocks in total (nine across and ten down) Block #50 reads "Made by the Springmount Red Cross Helpers, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, 1917". The word "Pte.," means Private (refers to local soldiers who had their names recorded on the quilt). The quilt is full of Canadian/Canadiana and good luck symbols including beavers, maple leaves, the Union Jack, shamrocks, upturned horseshoes, etc.
Block 1: Clara Elliot, Ada Brown, Mr. I. McKechnie, Mrs. McKechnie, Mrs. Payette, E. H. Glenn, Lizzie Beaton, Mrs. H. I. Fleming, Mrs. Brawik?, Mrs. I. Coats, Mrs. Julie Dunn, Jimmy Brown.
Block 2: Mr. and Mrs. C. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lloyd, Mr. J. H. Overbeek, Mrs. J. H. Overbeek, Miss H. P. Overbeek, Mrs. E. Sal?, Mr. F. J. Lockwood, C. P. Thompson, Mr. Geo. W. Lockwood, Mrs. J. P. Lockwood, Mr. J. P. Lockwood.
Block 3: W. and Mrs. Thompson, ?. W. & Mrs. Geddes, Mrs. J. J. Jones, Mary Wilson & Jean, A. & Mrs. Walker, Thain Johnston.
Block 4: J. A. Mills, T? A. Hardie, R. Buckley, A. Gilleland, V. Marshall, F. Allen, W. J. Doole, W. P. Kenan, J. C. Kenan, H. Angel, R. Kenan, J. Kelly, D. Brinhnon, H. G. Thomson.
Block 5: Wesley McPherson, Pte. R. W. Foster, Pte. W. A. McPherson, Violet Flanagan, ? McPherson, Anna B?, Dorothy McPherson, Earl J. McPherson.
Block 6: M. Payner, Campbell E. Purdy, W. R. Murphey, R. Flanagan, A. Hilbert, J. McQuaker, A. Connel, Jas. B. Straith, L. Straith, Mrs. J. B. Straitch, W. S. Middleboro, A Campion, E. Grey, M. Harris.
Block 7: B. W. Ferguson, Thompson Bros., Clara Green, Ida Hilts, Jno. McQuaker, Cecilia Waddell, Thomas Green, Ruby Grant, Mr. & Mrs. D. Waddell.
Block 8: Mrs. Little, Mrs. J?, Mrs. McSn?, Mrs. Lusk, Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Frost, Mrs. Mordement.
Block 9: Mrs. G. ?, Mrs. G. Perkens, Mrs. Ira Bell, Mr. Wm. Bye, Mrs. G. Sargeant, Mrs. A. M. Taylor, Mrs. D. Markison, Mrs. Jim Bell, Mrs, Jess Lipsett, Pte. M. Bye, Mrs. F. Kramer, Mrs. Wm. J. McCutcheon, Mrs. W. Jon McCutcheon, Mrs. W. C. Johnston, Mrs. Rob Bray, Mrs. C. Spence, Mrs. L. Spence, Mrs. I. F. Burr, Mrs. V. Bye, Mrs. J. W. Johnston, Mrs. J. McCutcheon, Miss A. Bye, Mrs. Rob Duncan, Mrs. I. Aitken, Mr. I. Matthews, Mrs. H. Henderson, Mr. L. Bye, Miss R. Tesner.
Block 10: Mrs. A. Tyndall, Mattie McKinley, Kathleen Tyndall, Allan McKinley, Grace McKinley, Mr. A. Tyndall.
Block 11: Mrs. M. S. Barber, Mrs. Jas. McInnis, Mrs. V. Barber, Mrs. Dan Stephens, Miss Norma Weeden, Mr. S. E. Leonard, Miss Florance Laycock, Miss M. E. Evens, Mrs. Alex Brown, Mrs. Jno. Largeomi?, Mrs. Fred Grunselle, Mrs. W. Weeden, Mr. A. J. Bye.
Block 12: W. Follis, Jno. Hardie, J. Blum, W. J. Saunders, J. C. Telford, Josie Brooks, W. H. Lloyd, J. K. McCorkendale, Jas. Dowkes, Mrs. Tugman, W. J. Vance, S. M. Bowman.
Block 13: M. Harrison, Mrs. J. McNab, George Garlutt, D. McNab, F. Swan, Irene Hardie, Bob Miller, Mr. & Mrs. Dan Cumming, C. H. Little, J. W. Boyd, Jas. Thular, T. Henry, Geo. Morron.
Block 14: Mr. Jno. T. Mason, R. S. Mundle, Mrs. Bert Samells, Mr. Mrs. S. McKinnon, Mrs. R. Tenton, Herb Lemon, J. R. Brown, J. G. Campbell, Mr. Mrs. J. C. Griffith, Mr. Mrs. J. McMillan, Mrs. R. G. Duncan, E. Bumstead.
Block 15: Mrs. A. McIntosh, C. C. Pearce, P. Spence, W. James, M. McDowell, S. Squire, Mrs. Jno. Hardie, Mrs. H. McIntosh, Mrs. R. Little, J. Miller, Miss R. Sanderson, E. H. Dunnington, J. W. Minion, Mrs. L. R. Hughes.
Block 16: J. C. Ferguson, J. Allen, Pte. McCallum, S. V. Lloyd, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Brooks, W. R. Hunter, W. C. Danana, T. M. D., Julius Ceaser.
Block 17: Bessie Gawley, Mrs. McMillan, Mrs. T. Lee, Anna Jones, Mrs. J. Jones, Mrs. Angel, Mrs. J. Lee, Martha Gawley, Mrs. S. Kirk, Mrs. A. Lee, Victoria Foster, Mr. L. Lee, Mrs. Gawley, Olive Lesley, Mrs. Foster, Mr. J. Lee, Mr. Ireland, Mr. R. Lee.
Block 18: C. & Mrs. Currie, R. R. Goldsmith, Mr. Mrs. T. Laking, S. W. & Mrs. Locke, Carolyn McFaul, Doris Fisk, Mrs. Walker, W. P. Logan, M. L. Logan, J. R. Logan, A. A. Logan, O. ?. Logan, F. E. Logan, M. R. Logan, J. R. H. Logan, S. K. & Mrs. Barber, Burt Thell, Mrs. Bur?, Mrs. Wyllie, Mrs. Metcalfe, W. N. & Mrs. Locke.
Block 19: Mrs. Hamon, Alma Thompson, W. J. Lackey Owen Sound, Margaret Elliot, Mrs. Robt. Hammond President.
Block 20: Chas. W. Buzza, Thos. Bone, J. Barber, Robt. McIntyre, J. Y. Watson, T. S. Johnstone, Geo. E. Parker, M. Gardiner, K. Minto, J. Keeling, T. E. Parsons.
Block 21: Mr. & Mrs. Isherwood, Mr. & Mrs. R. Hammond, Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Cruickshank, Stella Hammond, J. Budge, M. Moore, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Boal, Mrs. J. Ford. Mrs. B. Johnston.
Block 22: Mr. & Mrs. Dan Cumming, Neil Graham, J. R. McReynolds, Wm. Taylor, C. D. Taylor, Mr. & Mrs. H. Ford, Jno. H. Hart, Jas. Grimoldby, Matt Duncan, I. Robinson, Jas. E. Cameron, Mrs. McMillan, Mr. Mrs. W. F. Mills.
Block 23: J. Dolgoff, Wm. Coulter, Miss A. Wiggins, Mr. & Mrs. V. J. Nolson, Miss L. Duxbury, Mrs. R. Penner Sr., Mr. & Mrs. R. S. Mundle, Mr. & Mrs. J. Wiggins.
Block 24: K. A. McGregor, Percy Sims, Wm. Elliott, H. Sargeant, W. Locke, W. J. Kerr, R. Budge, E. Agnew, W. Bumstead, H. Gardner, Nat Allen.
Block 25: G. Johnstone, Miss P. Currie, Mrs. S. Miller, M. Corbett, O. W. Miller, Laura Miller, H. Doubt.
Block 26: W. T. Brown, Thos. Legate, Mr. Mrs. H. H. Bowman, Jno. Legate, Wm. Lewis, H. M. Ford.
Block 27: Miss A. Lorne, Mrs. Jess A. McInnis, Mrs. Tom Bye, Mrs. A. McDonald, George V. Sargeant, Mr. G. Sargeant, Marjorie E. Sargeant, Miss Maggie Robertson, Miss Ettie Laycock, Violet E. Bye, Mrs. John Grunsell, Miss C. Wilson, Mrs. Roy Lethbridge.
Block 28: Pte. R. Penner A.M.C., Corp. C. Lee A.M.C, Pte J. Inglis A.M.C., Pte. J. Schuramp A.M.C., Pte. O. Penner 147 Bn. C.E.F.
Block 29: E. Kiott, Mrs. H. F. Nendall, H. Dawes, T. Mcauley, Mr. Mrs. J. Meihm, E. A. Batcheller, Mrs. M. Hills, Den & Dolley, J. Adolph, V. Campbell, R. Green, C. Hamote, P. McNeill.
Block 30: Mary Campbell, Mrs. Sandy McEschnie, Miss C. J. Todd, Margaret Carr, Mrs. Alex McEschnie, Mrs. A. McInnis, Joy McInnis, Mr. & Mrs. J. Hastie, Emerson Peart, E.G. Bumstead, Hannah Smith.
Block 31: Mr. & Mrs. W. N. Cross, Mr. Wm. Wardell, Mrs. Wm. Wardell, Gladys Wardell, John Budge.
Block 32: D. Cummingham, Fred Fisk, Mrs. A. Bell, T. D. Bell, A. Hope, Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Dunn, A. Lemon, Wm. Legate, J. C. Newton, Jas. H. Newton, Mrs. J. Aickin.
Block 33: Mr. & Mrs. M. Rathwell, M. Buckland, F. Rothwell, Mrs. G. Stephens, Mr. & Mrs. John Penner, Mr. & Mrs. S. Rothwell, Mrs. G. H. Johnson, Miss E. Greig, Mrs. Curtis, D. Peel, Mr. & Mrs. H. Rothwell, Miss C. Schroeder, J. Buckland, M. Levine, Mrs. F. Buckland, Miss M. Morris.
Block 34: Mrs. P. Hair, Helen Hair, Mrs. I. Green, Daisy Todd, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Penner, Mrs. H. Woodcock, Mrs. W. Cotts, Mrs. S. Verty, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Roe, Pte. & Mrs. A. Roe, Marguerite Hair.
Block 35: Mr. W. Miller, Mrs. W. Miller, Mrs. Jas. McInnis, Arthur McKinley, Ronald Miller, Mrs. G. McKinley, Mr. G. McKinley.
Block 36: Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. Beamesch, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. James, Mrs. Long, Mrs. Miller, Rev. Kell, Mrs. Kell.
Block 37: Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Jackman, Mrs. J. Allen, Pte. T. Mylow, Pte. V. Pyke.
Block 38: A. F. Sim, Mrs. Walpole, Reg. Gardner, Mrs. Chadwick, H. N. Newman.
Block 39: Mr. & Mrs. R. Hill, Mr. & Mrs. D. Robertson, Joy McInnis, Charlie Jackman, George Scarrow, Tom McNabb, A. S. Donald, Mack McI.
Block 40: Alex McDonald, A. Hilbart, C. D. Fleming, R. D. Little, C. S. Cameron, S. Dunbar, Geo. Miller, E. Feltis, J. Ross, Wm. Hilts.
Block 41: Mrs. Martindale.
Block 42: R. W. Crojier, T. Davidson, John Penner Sr., Miss M. Wiggins, S. E. Wiggins.
Block 43: Bert Flarity, Elizabeth Coulter, Cecelia & Mabel Dunn, Mr. & Mrs. I. McInnis, Dan White, Rachel Coulter, J. H. McMillan, Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Lynn.
Block 44: Mrs. J. M?, Muriel Hilsden, Mrs. H. L?, Mrs. C. Wilson, Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Penner, Mrs. Wm. Johnston, Geo. Irwin, P. A. McNabb, Lottie Brown.
Block 45: Sid Pickett, Chris Grimoldsby, Norma Stewart, Dan McGregor, W. J. Arkles, John Lollis, Thos. Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Wm. J. Barnard, Thos. Walker, J. G. Ribey, Fred McLarty, A. M. McPhatter, J. H. Newton, John G. McKay, A. Thom, Jemmie Evans, T. F. Wing.
Block 46: [Mr.] & Mrs. A. Abra, Mr. & Mrs. R. Reid, Jessie Johnston, G. F. Thompson, Mr. & Mrs. A. McArthur, Mr. & Mrs. A. Wilson.
Block 47: Darcy Planks, Annie McMeekin, Peter Thompson, Agnes Thompson, Philip Javens, Victoria Walker, J. Knox Christie, W. A. Harvey, Ena Walker, Edith Barnard, Jas. McLauchlan, Wm. McLauchlan, Nellie Barnard, Robt. Douglas, Irwin Barnard, Newton Barnard, Fred Walker, Roy Barnard.
Block 48: W. J. Sanderson, W. J. White, J. M. McLauchlan, Jack Frost, W. Wake, W. S. Reed, Geo. Fisk, G. Barcley, W. G. Doran, Mrs. Mary Curson, Mrs. Ed Fawcett.
Block 49: Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Manley, Mr. & Mrs. T. W. Thomson, Mr. & Mrs. K. Webster, Mr. & Mrs. A. Nicol, Miss Lang, Mr. & Mrs. Tighe, Dr. & Mrs. J. W. Marshall, Dr. & Mrs. W. G. Dow, Mrs. Martindale, Mr. T. E. Manning, G. Martindale, Clarence, Lilian, Margaret, Robert.
Block 51: Mr. & Mrs. J. McEwen, Miss McEwen, Mr. & Mrs. T. Martindale, R. D. Little, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Martindale, M. R. Duncan, Mrs. Duncan, Rev. P. T. & Mrs. Pilkey, Grandpa Martindale, Miss Jean M. Miss G. Nicol, George.
Block 52: Mertie Miller, Mrs. W. Patridge, Mrs. Mills, Mr. Mills, Georgia Moore, Miss R. Miller, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. J. Budge, Mr. Moore.
Block 53: Mrs. A. Cameron, Mrs. W. C. Barber, M. Cameron, Miss Breen, Mr. Wm. Sargeant, Jean Sargeant, Mrs. W. Sargeant, Miss F. A. Louman, Miss A. H. Keith, Miss M. Sargeant, Mr. C. Sargeant, Mr. Roy McClean, Mrs. S. Hunt.
Block 54: Mrs. J. J. Kelley, Mrs. P. Dishane, Mr. Hannah, Mr. P. Dishane, Mr. R. E. Lockwood, Mrs. C. H. White, Mr. J. J. Kelley, Signaller A. C. Beattie.
Block 55: Frank Henderson, Mrs. W. S. Chalmers, Mr. & Mrs. Alex Fleming.
Block 56: Mrs. H. Mervyn, Mima Cruickshank, Mrs. J. Barfoot, Mrs. Wm. Cruickshank, Annie Howey, Capt. A. B. McIntyre, Miss Mercer, Mrs. John Monahan, G. Perkins.
Block 57: Alex Geddes, Temple Day, M. Penner, J. H. Esplin, C. Georges, Andrew Hardie, E. Creeper, J. E. Knott, F. C. Wilkinson, K. C. McKay, T. C. McKay, W. Bowman, D. Kellestine.
Block 58: G. Bowman, Mr. A. Weaver, Mrs. A. Weaver, H. Reid, J. Leslie, H. McIntosh, J. C. Ferguson, C. Budge, L. McInnis, W. Doran, J. Leask, W. Kirkwood, A. Gilchrist, S. McMillan, J. Budge.
Block 60: Susie MacQueen, Dorothy Danard, Mrs. McLennan, Pte. Bruce Dunn, Capt. & Mrs. G. Dunn, Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Scott, Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Garvie, Mrs. D. Danard, Harriet Kennedy, Ida Dunn, Horace Dunn, Ina & Ruth Scott.
Block 61: Ryerson McClean, J. M. Parker, Wm. Pitts, A. McDougall, E. C. Scarrow, J. Georges, Wm. Guardhouse, T. W. Thompson, Ed Coulter, William Inglis, T. H. Hall, Wm. T. Lee.
Block 62: Ola G. Johnston, Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Hammond, Sarah A. McPherson, Alex Johnston, Mrs. Alex Johnston, Archie R. Johnston.
Block 63: Minnie McGregor, Miss L. Muir, Mrs. W. Coulter, Simon P?, Jim H?, John Vance, Robt. Mundle Jr., Jas. Irwin, Richard Fenton, Harvey Redbourne, Sam Bowman, High McInnis.
Block 64: E. Dickson, W. Young, A. Bourne, G. Scarrow, H. Agnew, P. Guardhouse, L. Wyllie, J. R. McGee, Mrs. R. Penner Jr., E. G. G. Penner.
Block 65: Dan McMillan, Mr. & Mrs. John Cruickshank, Mrs. Lennox, Arthur Cruickshank, James Howey, Anna Cruickshank, Birt Bumstead, Mrs. J. Hill, Tena Morrell.
Block 66: John Thompson, Leslie Elliot.
Block 67: Mrs. J. McCoy, T. F. King, Mr. & Mrs. J. McGregor, Geo. A. Barfoot, Geo. J. Mills, F. Orford, F. Barber, R. P. Butchart & Bros., Mr & Mrs. L. Penner & Family, L.O.L. 1247 Jackson, D. Clark, W. Weatherspoon, A. Spencer, D. Reid, E. McColman, R. Doherty, J. Robertson, J. Brown, M. R. Duncan, Wm. Hewitson.
Block 68: W. P. Telford, Mrs. Telford, Gertie J. Ross, Mrs. A. Kirkwood, Miss J. Ross, J. Budge, W. Penner, M. Budge, H. Hilts, Anna Budge, Edna Budge, Ruby Kirkwood, Rhoda J. Ross.
Block 69: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Cullen, Mr. & Mrs. C. Body, Mr. & Mrs. M. Bebee, Mr. & Mrs. G. S. Harbottle, Geo. Brown, A. Wilson, D. Munroe, Robt. Penner, A. M. Gunn, D. Young.
Block 70: Mrs. Vance, Mrs. Witherspoon, G. Duxbury, Mrs. Bunsten, Mr. Beckett, Mrs. H. Loblaw, N. Brown, Mrs. Best, M. Wiggins, Mrs. E. Brown, Mrs. W. Abra, Mrs. L. Marshall, Mrs. S. Brown.
Block 71: Mr. & Mrs. Hindman, Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Morris, Mrs. F. Moultain, Mr & Mrs. Buchanan, Mr. & Mrs. Banister, Mrs. Branden.
Block 72: Miss B. Shouldice, Miss Cumming, Miss Lartar, Lila Ayerst, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. C. Greig, Miss M. Foster, Miss E. Minary, Mrs. Myrvent?, Mrs. S. Shouldice, Mrs. N. Bumstead, Mr. J. Tomlinson.
Block 73: G. Carrie, Mrs. L. Danard, I. Ferguson, N. Brown, G. Wilson, J. Thomson, B. Hunt, J. Simon, E. William, J. McLauchlan, W. Laycock, Dr. Dow, W. Toby, J. Wyllie, G. Osey, J. Farley, M. Liske.
Block 74: Mrs. E. Moulton, Mrs. W. Mervyn, Mrs. W. Breen, Mrs. John Handell, Mr & Mrs. Murray, Jean Dunn, Mr. Mrs. R. Dunn, Miss L. McInnis, Mrs. J. Bumstead, Mrs. S. Cambell [Campbell], Nellie Dunn, Mrs. S. Leonard, Mrs. H. Weaver.
Block 75: V. McFall, Mrs. B. Mundle, J. Smith, A. D. Creasor, Mr. Mrs. V. Porteous, C. Chisholm, D. Thompson, Mrs. H. Anderson, R. B. Jowriss, L. Newmon, Mrs. J. Bredner, J. Spragge.
Block 76: G. A. Bowman, Hugh McKay, D. Traynor, J. O. McLean, S. Porteous, Mrs. Jno. Brooks, J. M. Clark, M. H?ings, John Leask, J. A. Forgrave.
Block 77: Mr. & Mrs. S. Flarity, Mr. & Mrs. Haston & Family, Mr. & Mrs. J. Armour, Mr. & Mrs. Block, Miss A. McGregor, Miss I. Black, Mrs. Martindale, Mr. & Mrs. Knaus, Mrs. L. Fleming, Mr. & Mrs. C. Street, Mrs. J. McGeorge, Mr & Mrs. T. Wade.
Block 78: Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Keeling, Miriam Corbett, Bertie Barber, Maurice Corbett, Ritchie Robinson, Alexia Corbett, Viola Corbett, Violet Dunn, Mrs. G. Dunn, Mrs. Barber, Mrs. King, Mrs. Wright, Miss Julian, Mrs. Corbett, Capt. A. McIntyre, Mr. A. Corbett, Dan McBride.
Block 79: Mr. Ed Baker, Mrs. C. Miller, Mrs. E. Baker, Mrs. E. Reid, Mrs. W. Jackson, Mrs. J. Duncan, Capt. Ed Reid, Mrs. T. Thomas, Miss Mary Thomas, Master C. E. Baker, Mrs. C. Barnard.
Block 80: Mr. & Mrs. G. Scott, Mr. Mrs. Geo. Peart, F. A. Rolston, C. S. Cameron, Mr. & Mrs. E. J. Porteous, Myra Porteous, Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Moore, Mrs. M. Galbraith.
Block 81: Alice Smith, Mrs. Lyman Brown, Charles Lobban, Lilly Scott, Annie Dewart, Hanna Brown, Miss Jennie McArthur, Mrs. W. G. Bell, Mrs. C. Lobban, Mrs. E. O. Young, George Scott, Chris McLean, Eva Jenner, Robert Crichton, Miss Annie McArthur, Mary Bell.
Block 82: W. McFaul, H. Taylor, G. Porterfield, A. Parke, A. Day, Mr. Actin, Georgas Bros., H. Winton, R. Atkin, G. Laycock, Rev. Mr. Walker, J. C. Simpson, Mrs. W. Mundle, W. G. Wright, Mrs. W. Bye.
Block 83: Jack Jones, Charles E. Barnard, Charles Gordon, A. F. Armstrong, Alvin Vance, Miriam Brown, Joseph Skinner, A. S. Roadhouse, Mrs. Thrulow Fraser, John Young, William Barnard, Geta Boyd, Madeline McMeekin, Geo. E. Pond?, Elias Lemon, M. D. Lemon, ? Thos. Lyons, ? Lyons.
Block 84: M. Bonham, S. Campbell, H. Roberts, N. Sweeney, E. Hammon, L. Lamont, E. Curry, H. Brown, M. Lyons, E. Dean, A. Day.
Block 85: Jno. & Mrs. Legate, Jos. and Mrs. Thompson, Jas. & Mrs. Leslie, L. and Mrs. Gardner, W. G. & Mrs. Taylor, A. F. & Mrs. Armstrong.
Block 86: R. N. Merritt, F. P. Prichard, J. H. Packham, C. A. Robertson, L. R. Whitely, W. Elmsley, W. J. Dowkes, J. M. McKellar, L. Brown.
Block 87: A. Frost, J. and Mrs. Young, E. O. & Mrs. Young, W. E. and Mrs. Johnston, Jno. and Mrs. McLean, Jno. Lobbau & Family.
Block 88: Lizzie Coulter, Mrs. Arthur Kitchen, Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Hastie, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Peart. Mrs. Andy McEachnie, Mrs. Alex McEachnie, Mrs. Abel Wright, Mrs. Richard Wilson, Mr. Richard Wilson, Evelyn ?, Verna Campion, Warner Campion, Mrs. Robert ?, Mrs. Howard Johnston, Muriel E. Johnston, Rachel Coulter.
Block 89: Ed Roseborough, Jno. Thomson, D. A. Christie, R. A. McDougal, John Sibbald, Peter Garvie, W. G. Wilson, Jas. Marshall.
Block 90: Burnie Cruickshank, Margaret Cruickshank, Mildred Kearns, Pte. Ernest Hopper, Helen Dunoon, Stewart Howey, Mable Cruickshank, James Bumstead, Mrs. Dan McMillan, Robena Kerr.

Makers mark

Embroidered title: "

Provenance

This quilt was made by the Springmount Red Cross Helpers of Derby Township, Grey County, in February and March of 1917, during the First World War as a fundraising quilt (see Minutes of the Springmount Red Cross Workers in Grey County Archives and multi-media files). It was made from small pieces left from the cuttings of surgical shirts. $175 dollars was raised by asking people for 5 cents (or more if they wished) to have their name(s) put onto it. Nearly 1,000 names are on the quilt.

It was put on display in the window of the Owen Sound Carpet Company from March 10 to March 14, 1917, and then was to be sent to Colonel McFarland in England to be used in the hospital where the largest number of wounded soldiers from Grey County were stationed to lift their spirits.

After its arrival in England, Mrs. G. F. McFarland wrote a letter to Mrs. Penner (at whose home the quilt was constructed) saying that after careful consideration with her husband, Mrs. Annie Eaton, Mrs. Kerr and several other officers, they decided against sending it to one of the hospitals as wounded Grey County men were scattered all over England and each hospital had 35 to 40 wards, where there was no guarantee that more than one or two Grey County men would see it.

Instead, they sent it to the Grey (County) Rooms at 20 Craven Street in London to be used as a couch cover there, under the charge of Annie Eaton so that Grey County soldiers (especially those from the 147th regiment) calling at the rooms could see it on their leaves (see Annie Eaton biography).

A February 17, 1919, Owen Sound Sun Times article refers to a "large autograph quilt sent by the Annan Red Cros to Mrs. Eaton's Grey Rooms" returned to Grey County and received by Mrs. John Bell 7th Street E., Owen Sound from her husband Pte. Bell who was still in England and had found the quilt when he helping to pack up things in the Grey Rooms. It is referred to as "the Annan Quilt" but likely refers to this (Springmount) quilt, just that it had been brought to the Annan Red Cross to be shipped to England.

It was last owned by Fred A. Pringle, who resided on Alpha Street, Owen Sound, in the 1960s. It is unknown how he came to have it.

Collection

Textiles, Bedding Collection

Material

Cotton/Thread, Embroidery/Thread/Dye

Dimensions

W-70.945 L-76.535 inches

Found

Owen Sound, Grey County

People

McPherson, W. A.
Foster, R. W.
McQuaker, John
Straith, J. B.
Sargeant, George A. (Sargent )
Dow, Dr. William G.
Dowkes, W. J.
McArthur, Jennie K.
Manley, A. W.
Legate, John
Penner, Oswald Loy
Kennedy, Rhoda Jean
Creeper, Ewart J.
Creasor, Alfred D.
Budge, John
Overbeek, J. H.
Penner, Mrs.
Eaton, Annie E.

Subjects

Quilting
Derby Township
World War I (First World War/The Great War)
Centennial celebrations
Canadiana
Symbols
Maple leaf
Beavers
Union Jack
The Red Cross

Search Terms

Canadian Red Cross Society
Springmount Red Cross Helpers
Derby Township
Grey Rooms (20 Craven St., London, England)

Function

Various groups made quilts, often subscribing, so that people would pay ten cents to have their name added. After the project was finished, it was either raffled or auctioned off to raise funds for the organization's war work.