QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0268

Owner's name for the quilt:

Flower Basket

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Sylvia Idella Rathbun Menzies was born in Caledonia Township (near what is now known as 9518 Sanborn Avenue, Alto, Michigan) in a log cabin owned by her grandfather Orsemus Rathbun. Sylvia and Henry lived almost all their lives on a farm in Caledonia Township (now 8172 92nd Street, Alto, Michigan). Henry preceded her in death on June 11, 1944.

When was the form filled out?

12/11/1984

Quilt top made by:

Menzies, Sylvia Idella

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Caledonia

Where the quilt was made, county:

Kent

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt finished?

c1900

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Caledonia

Quiltmaker's county:

Kent

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Rathbun

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/6/1866

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

4/4/1954

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Graduated eighth grade at the Barber School on the corner of 96nd and Whitneyville Road

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

taught school before her marriage, then farmer's wife, housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Rathbun, Levi

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Rathbun, Alzina Streeter

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

4/7/1895

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Menzies, Henry

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Scottish

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

farmer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

East Caledonia Ladies Aid

Where does/did the group meet?

East Caledonia

How wide is the quilt?

84"

How long is the quilt?

70"

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mrs. Merle Ockerman

Quilt owner's city:

Hastings

Quilt owner's county:

Barry

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Present owner inherited quilt from her mother (maternal grandmother was quilter)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum