Thursday Treasures

Ehle, Weigel, Widmann, Witzel 1 Minute

Doily Collection

This collection was made primarily by my husband’s grandmother Gertrude Evelyn Ehle Witzel and her mother Gertrude Ethelyn Smith Ehle from the early 1900s to about the 1950s. A few were from my great grandmother Viola Pauline Widmann Weigel in the years after her marriage in 1933.

We wanted to find a way to display the fabric instead of storing them in drawers. The easiest way was to stitch them onto fabric that was put in embroidery hoops. This was an inexpensive way to mount and display the doilies. The thread can be cut and the doilies can be removed at any time. They hang on the wall in our dining room where they can be seen and enjoyed every day.

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I've been an amateur genealogist for 20+ years. I am the current vice president of Marshfield Area Genealogy Group. The purpose of this blog is to share the stories, pictures, and information I've collected over the years with family and friends. The majority of the information will be focused on Wisconsin families with some branches extending into neighboring states, New England, the UK, Norway, and western Europe.

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