Missouri Signature Quilt Project

Shirley's Missouri Signature Quilt

Date:  Blocks made from 1903 - 1908.  Quilt completed in 1995, by Shirley Lewis

Acquisition Source:  An antique shop in Greenwood Mo., in the summer of 1994.

Dimension:  71 x 97

Block Dimension:  10 x 10

Sashing:  2 1/2" wide sashing around each block.  Grey/red tiny print fabric.

Corner Blocks:  Red cornerstones.  Cream inner border, red middle border, grey/red tiny print outer border. 

Quilt Method:  Blocks were all hand pieced and hand embroidered.  Blocks were machine pieced together to form the top.  Quilt was hand quilted by me (Shirley).

Color Scheme:  Red/cream/grey.  Blocks are red, black, green, blue.

Fabric:  Cotton

Number of Blocks:  24 (each block refereed to by row number & block letter a-d)
                                        = six rows of 4 blocks each.

Block Patterns: Known as: Album patch, album pattern, odd fellow's quilt, courthouse square, arbor window, and the cross patch. Information from  the book "One Piece at a Time", published by KC Star.  The pattern was published in the newspaper on Sept. 29, 1928. Also known as: Chimney Sweep Quilt Block  Washington sidewalk 

Signatures:  Yes.  Dated 1903 - 1908.  Most blocks include town and state (Jasper and Bates County) Carthage and Rich Hill, MO.

Signing Method:  Hand embroidered in black, red, gold, pink, green, and brown.

... More information: Names and individual photos of each block below ... 

Alma Krattly

Alma Krattly
Aug. 24, 1903
Carthage, MO
(block 6d)

Aunt Christina

Aunt Christina
Aug. 22, 1903
location: Unknown
(block 6c)

Bertha Hegnauer

Bertha Hegnauer
date: Unknown
location: Unknown
(block 6b)

HEGENAUER, Bates Co. Rockville MO
Margaret Bertha  b.15 January 1877  d.27 May 1925
Census: 1900, 1920 Bates Co., Mo.
Parents: Martin & Mary Hegnauer
>>> Hegnauer, Martin Jr.  28 January 1884 - 9 June 1950,
Margaret Bertha's Brother ~ Parents: Martin & Mary Hegnauer
Death Certificate
Census: 1900, 1920 Bates Co., Mo.
> Hegnauer, Martin    b. 20 February 1848, Switzerland -
d. 27 March 1927   Parents: Lucius & Margaret (Varnet/Bernet) Hegnauer.
[spouse ?Mary]

Anna Krattly

Anna Krattly ~ Cousin
1903
location: Unknnown
(block 6a)

L.G.

L.G.
date: Unknown
location: Unknown
(block 5d)

M. Young

M. Young
July 20, 1904
Location: Unknown
(block 5c)

M. Baker

M. Baker
May 1, 1908
Rich Hill, MO
(block 5b)

L.B.K.

L.B.K.
Nov. 20, 1903
Rich Hill, MO
(block 5a)

Bertha Kamm

Bertha Kamm
1903
Rich Hill, MO
(block 4d)

Grandma

GRANDMA
(block 4c)

Emma Krattly

Emma Krattly
1903
Carthage
(block 4b)

J.P.G.

J.P.G
(block 4a)

Flora Krattly

Flora Krattly
Aug. 20, 1903
Carthage, MO
(block 3d)

Lena Nafus ?

? Lena Nafus ?
(block 3c)

Maggie Hegnauer

Maggie Hegnauer
(block 3b)

HEGENAUER, Bates Co. Rockville MO
Hegnauer, Martin     b.20 February 1848, Switzerland
d.27 March 1927,  Spouse: Mary [?].
Census: 1900, 1920 Bates Co., Mo.
Parents: Lucius & Margaret (Varnet/Bernet) Hegnauer.

>>  daughter: Margaret Bertha  
 b.15 January 1877   d.27 May 1925
Census: 1900, 1920 Bates Co., Mo.
Parents: Martin & Mary Hegnauer
>> Brother to Margaret Bertha : Hegnauer, Martin Jr.
b. 28 January 1884    d. 9 June 1950


Hegnauer ~ family name:
{Brother ? Leonard Biography below, Parents Lucius & Margaret Hegnauer/Bernet} 
HEGNAUER, Leonard
Pleasant Gap Township - Leonard Hegnauer, farmer and stock dealer, section 36, was born in Switzerland, April 25, 1843. His parents, Lucius and Margaret Hegnauer nee Bernet, were also natives of Switzerland. In 1856, the family immigrated to the United States and settled in Madison County, Illinois. L. Hegnauer spent his youth on a farm, receiving good common school advantages. He was married in Madison County, July 4, 1866, to Miss Susan K. Hirschi, also originally from Switzerland, who was born May 15, 1846, and a daughter of Christian Hirschi. After his marriage Mr. H. lived in Illinois three years, and in 1869, he came to Missouri and located in Bates County, on his present farm. He owns 240 acres in cultivation, upon which is a fine, large residence, just completed, and other buildings, together with a young bearing orchard. He makes a specialty of feeding and dealing stock. In 1861, he enlisted first in the three months; service, and in October re-enlisted in Company E, Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served some eighteen months in the Union army, and was discharged in February, 1863, when he returned to Illinois. Mr. Hegnauer has a family of five children: Mary C., Christian, Leonard, Susan K. and Margaret M. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church, and he belongs to the United Workmen. (History of Bates County, Missouri, 1883)

Mary Krattly

Mary Krattly
Sept. 9, 1903
Carthage, MO
(block 3a)

Lula Springer

Lula Springer
May 11, 1904
Rich Hill, Mo ~ Bates Co
(block 2d)
? suspected: 1880 Census:  DOB 1875, Daughter of T.W. and Ruth G. Springer, Clear Creek MO.
? or 1910 Census (age: 25) Barton, MO : DOB 1885, MO// Spouse of Claud Springer (age: 27)

Lizzie Michels

Lizzie Michels
1903
Girard, Ks
(block 2c)

Rosa Krattly

Rosa Krattly
Aug. 30, 1903
Carthage, Mo ~ Jasper County
(block 2b)

Barbara Kamm

Barbara Kamm ~
Nov. 20, 1903
Rich Hill, Mo ~ Bates County
(block 2.a)

Barbra Kamm

• Kamm/Hegnauer - Barbara Married to Robert, of Bates Co
• Barbara: Parents - Lucius & Margaret (Varnet/ Bernet) Hegnauer.
• DOB 6/1/1859 to 1/6/1923, 
• Robert Sr. DOB: 2 February 1857 [Highland, Illinois]
•  .[father: John Peter Kamm]
• Son, Robert,  DOB: 24 March 1898 -
• Daughter, Margaret, DOB: 1 December 1883 - 12 September 1950

BATES COUNTY, RICH HILL MO: GREENLAWN CEMETERY

• Grill, Christine Louise, 
• Census: 1900, 1920 Bates Co., MO. 
• ~ Parents: Robert & Barbara (Hegnauer) Kamm.
• Spouse: John Grill.

alt search, less likely: 

• Switzerland Genealogy Forum

? Barbara MENZIE b. 1851 married Fridolin KAMM 1872 ~ of Switzerland
Not sure if any relation ~ Migrated to Indiana USA

~ Any confirmation or NOT would be greatly appreciated. 
~ thanks

Aunt Mary

 
Aunt Mary
(block 1.d)

Ves Krattly

Ves Krattly ~ Cousin
Aug. 1903
(block 1.c)

S. A. H.

 S. A. H.
SEPT. 25, 1903
(block 1.b)

Lizzie Blase

Lizzie Blase ~
Aug. 30, 1903
Carthage, Mo ~ Jasper, Co.
(Block 1.a)

•  Lizzie Krattly Blase (1873-1952) - Paradise Cemetery

Birth:	Jan. 21, 1873
Death:	Aug. 21, 1952

• James Blase (b. Mar. 14, 1871 d. Aug. 8, 1959)  
• infant son *date unknown* 
• infant son: (b. June 13, 1915 - d. June 13, 1915) Summerset Cemetery