Description:
Lady's cap in hand-embroidered white cotton mull with needlerun lace trim, 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 Stebbisn Shaw (Mrs. Albert E. Shaw) of Webster, Massachusetts: "The night cap [lady's cap]...belonged to Ruby Graves Stebbins. Given to her great grand daugher 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. Born Florence Copeland Stebbins (1888-1966), Florence Stebbins Shaw married Albert Elmer Shaw (1886-1952) in Deerfield in 1913 and then lived in Webster, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles Henry Stebbins (b.1859) who married Mary Elizabeth MacMahon (1858-1919) of Providence, RI, in 1880; granddaughter of Evander Graves Stebbins (1821-1885) and Matilda Childs Stebbins (1824-1885) 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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