Description:
Collar in machine-embroidered, white cotton mull, which belonged to Ruby Graves Stebbins (1796-1877), the wife of Zabina Stebbins (1797-1879) of Deerfield who married in 1819. There are two notes in the data file from Florence Stebbins Shaw (Mrs. Albert E. Shaw) of Webster, Massachusetts: "The fichu [collar]...belonged to Ruby Graves Stebbins. Given to her great grand daughter Florence Stebbins Shaw by Carrie Lamb Ward in 1933.." and "Given by Carrie S. Ward to Florence S. Shaw in 1933 - Lace collars and cap belonging to Florence's great grandmother Ruby Graves Stebbins." Carrie Lamb Ward (b.1862) was the daughter of Laura Stebbins (b.1837) and Thomas Lamb (1830-1881) of Worcester who married in 1860, and the great granddaugher of Zabina Stebbins (1797-1879) and Ruby Graves Stebbins (1796-1877) of Deerfield. Carrie married George William Ward (1858-after 1930) of Worcester in 1881. Florence Copeland Stebbins (1888-1966) married Albert Elmer Shaw (1886-1952) in Deerfield in 1913 and then lived in Webster, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles Henry Stebbins (1824-1859) who married Mary Elizabeth MacMahon (1858-1919) of Providence, RI, in 1880; granddaughter of Evander Graves Stebbins (1821-1885) and Matilda Childs Stebbins (d.1885) of Deerfield; and great granddaughter of Zebina Stebbins and Ruby Graves Stebbins of Deerfield.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton Link to share this object record:
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