QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-893

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.2004

Owner's name for the quilt:

Lone Star

Biography of the quiltmaker?

John and Elizabeth Winchcomb came from England about 1841. Later they moved to Grand Traverse County about 1850. John and Elizabeth had ten children. Mark Monroe's parents came from England to New York state and on to help settle Monroe Center which is South west of Traverse City. Mark Monroe 1843-1898. Married Charlotte Winchcomb 1873-1890. Son Harry Monroe, 1976-1961 married Pearl McKinley, daughter Bethea Charlotte Monroe Berg. Mark Monroe married sister of Charlotte in 1891 married Mercy Winchcomb 1961-1918 daughter Dora Esther Monroe 1894-1900. Armenia was sister of Charlotte and Mercy. She never married, and after death of Mark Monroe she lived with Mercy Monroe. She was a seamstress and lived on W. 10h St. in Traverse City about forty years. Mark Monroe, 1843-1898 married Lottie A. Winchcomb ?-1890, had Harry A. Monroe 1876-1975 who married Pearl McKinley and had Bethea, 1907 who married Arthur Berg, no children. B. Edward A. Monroe 1879-1957 married Louise 1879-1951 had Marion, 3 daughters. Mark Marr, Lottie's sister Mercy Winchcomb, 1863-1918, Married . Nov. 1892 Dora, 1894-1900. Mark, Lottie, Dora, buried in Monroe Center Cem. Mercy, Mena, Edward, Louise, buried in Traverse City Cem. Harry, Pearl, buried Ashland Cem. Grant, MI

When was the form filled out?

11/15/1986

Quilt top made by:

Winchcomb, Armenia (Mena)

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Traverse City

Where the quilt was made, county:

Grand Traverse

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1890-1900

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Traverse City

Quiltmaker's county:

Grand Traverse

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/9/1859, New York state

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

4/7/1934, buried in Traverse City Cemetary

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Seamstress

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Winchcomb, John

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Sparshalt, England in 1817?

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Winchcomb, Elizabeth

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

71"

How long is the quilt?

69"

Overall color scheme:

Dark colors

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the damage:

Embroidery stitches broken or missing

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Plaid

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Blanket stitched edge.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 80, page 62.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Bethea Monroe Berg

Quilt owner's city:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Armenia (Mena) Winchcomb, great aunt. I inherited the quilt from Pearl and Harry Monroe who were my parents. My grandparents were Charlotte and Mark Monroe. Charlotte was Mena's sister

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Center star, Dora Monroe's dress, red; Blue, mother of Armenia, Elizabeth; Mottled green, Armenia; Red, Dora Monroe; Green, Armenia Whinchcomb; Light Tan, Mark Monroe's overcoat; Black, Charlotte Monroe's dress; Red, green, plaid, Armenia's father John; Tan, Mark Monroe's overcoat; Green, Mena Winchcomb; Gold, Charlotte Monroe, dress; Dark red, Mercy Monroe's dress; Black, Mark Monroe; Black and white plaid, blanket

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum