1935 Mt. Trumbull Friendship Quilt: 2016

Saturday, September 3, 2016

The Quilt

Despite the oppression

of the Great Depression

Creative women did not fail

to provide a quilt of farewell...

According to one block on this quilt it was over 81 years ago that many of the women of Mt. Trumbull embroidered their names on this friendship quilt for Delilah Alldredge. She and her sons soon left that cactus flat to move the 60 miles north to St. George, Utah where there were more opportunities.

While cleaning out the home of Verl and Ada Alldredge two years ago this sailboat-block quilt was found. Verl is the youngest son of Delila.

We are interested in all of the women who signed this quilt. They each have a story. We have added a page for each person. Please click on the names to the right to see each embroidered name.

We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com Thank you.

Read more here: http://1935quilt.blogspot.com/2016/01/1935-friendship-quilt.html

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Vonda Van Leuven

Vonda Van Leuven Fawcett

4 November 1918 - Aurora, Sevier, Utah

5 May 2008

We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Violet Welch

Lola Violet Welch Sullivan

16 March 1919 - Spindle, Lincoln, New Mexico, United States

17 October 2000 - Washington, Utah, United States

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Thora H. Van Leuven

Thora Hill Van Leuven Pace

19 February 1917 -Knightsville, Juab, Utah

12 September 2010 -Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Rowena Bundy

Rowena Whitmore Bundy

26 February 1896 - Springville, Utah, Utah

28 May 1980 - St. George, Washington, Utah

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Pearl Stout

Iola Pearl Brown Stout

30 November 1915 - Bisbee, Cochise, Arizona

24 May 2007

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Nora Iverson

Nora Alldredge Iverson Price

22 August 1907 -- Morelos, Sonora, Mexico

2 March 1998 - St. George, Washington, Utah

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Nathella Bundy

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Mrs. Ensign C. Griffiths

Edna Bundy Griffiths

3 October 1903 - Colonia Morelos, Sonora, Mexico

8 Sep 1985 - Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Mildred Brown

Mildred Lee Brown Thacke

12 January 1924 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Califonia

14 January 2010 - Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Maurine Bundy

Maurine Nelson Bundy

13 June 1910 - Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona

24 December 1991 - St. George, Washington, Utah

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Read more here: http://1935quilt.blogspot.com/2016/01/1935-friendship-quilt.html

We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com
Thank you.

M.E. Van Leuven

Mariah Elizabeth Durfee Van Leuven

31 March 1852 - Springville, Utah, Utah

13 March 1940 - St. George, Washington, Utah

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Lyda H. Van Leuven

Eliza Harrison Van Leuven

26 April 1896 - Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

26 January 1995 - West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah

Lurie McCuistion

Vangie Lurie Alldredge McCuistion Kohtz

18 August 1911 - San Jose, Sanora, Mexico

17 October 2004 - Burley, Cassia, Idaho

Lucy H. Esplin

Lucy Heaton Esplin Graff Ruesch

17 December 1894 - Moccasin, Mohave, Arizona

11 April 1974 - St. George, Washington, Utah

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Louise Tenney

Gwendolyn Louise Van Leuven Tenney Frier

21 May 1915 - Alamo, Nevada

21 March 1998

Loraine Brown

Dorothy Loraine Brown

10 February 1922 - Mt Trumbull, Mohave, Arizona

11 March 2004 - Beeville, Bee, Texas

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Lillie B. Iverson

Lillie Belle Bundy Iverson

22 July 1883 - Willow Island, Dawson, Nebraska

29 June 1970 - St. George, Washington, Utah

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Letha Jones

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Iona Shelley

Mildred Iona Bundy Shelley

12 January 1906 - Moralos, Senora, Mexico

30 October 2006 - Marysville, Yuba, California

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Annie (Rogers) Van Leuven

19 December 1892 - Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

7 August 1975 - St. George, Washington, Utah

Artie Snyder

Artie Frances McCain Snyder

1 October 1890 - Euchee,Meigs,Tennessee

2 March 1978 - Virgin, Washington, Utah

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We would be honored if you are willing to share a story or photo of any of these stalwart women of the Arizona Strip. Please send to trumbullquilt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Friday, January 22, 2016

1935 Friendship Quilt

This sailboat-patterned friendship quilt was found in a box in my mother-in-law, Ada Alldredge's home after her passing. There is a name embroidered in every block. It's in poor condition because of shrinking and how it was stored but is still a lovely quilt. We believe that it originally belonged to Ada's mother-in-law, Delila Alldredge.
Delila raised her family in the small town of Mt. Trumbull which is located on the Arizona Strip. She and her unmarried children moved 60 miles north to St. George, Utah during the time of the Great Depression as there was a drought on the Arizona Strip.

One of the blocks on the quilt has the date of Feb. 26, 1935 and we believe this quilt may have been made as a farewell gift to Delila when she moved into town. Many others left the area around this time.
There are no permanent residents living in Mt Trumbull at this time and although there have been books written on the area I am concentrating my research on the women who embroidered their names on the quilt. These were strong, interesting women who lived very different lives than we do today. I believe they have a story to tell. When they made the quilt it was the middle of the Great Depression and just before World War II. I know these women suffered heartaches and had good times. I hope to learn more about the town and time in which they lived as I research the names on this quilt.

For the next few months I will be adding posts about each of these women. Please let me know if you have any information about any of these stalwart women. The names from the quilt are listed at the side of the blog.