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

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




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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.  

Lurie McCuistion

Vangie Lurie Alldredge McCuistion Kohtz
18 August 1911 - San Jose, Sanora, Mexico
17 October 2004 - Burley, Cassia, Idaho



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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.

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




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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.  

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

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.  

Genavieve Bundy

Genavieve Bundy
16 December 1907 - Colonia Morelos, Bavispe, Sonora, Mexico
7 July 1997 - 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.  

Estella Iverson

Estella Wharton Iverson
12 November 1898 - Taylorsville, Alabama
11 February 1984



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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.  

Elsie Wood

Elsie Stout Wood
13 July 1892 - Mount Trumbull, Mohave, Arizona
20 March 1980 - Hurricane, 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.  

Edna Bundy

Edna Wilson Bundy
14 March 1898 - Mountain Dell, Washington, Utah
13 September 1960 - Hurricane, 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.  

Dottie Davis

Dottie Davis

We believe that Dottie was a school teacher from Missouri.



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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.  

Dorothy Alldredge

Dorothy Lillian Young Alldredge
12 November 1902 - Currie, Murray, Minnesota
27 July 2002 - 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.  

Doretta Bundy - Feb 26 1935

Doretta Marie Iverson Bundy
1 December 1887 - Washington, Washington, Utah
21 January 1977 - Washington, 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.  

Cora Brown

Cora Etta Van Leuven Brown
3 March 1892 - Aurora, Sevier, Utah
24 November 1986




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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.  

Chloe Bundy

Chloe Geneva Van Leuven Bundy
12 July 1888 - Aurora, Sevier, Utah
5 April 1977 - 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.  

Annie Van Leuven

Annie (Rogers) Van Leuven 
19 December 1892  -  Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
7 August 1975  -  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.

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.