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Material Witness will focus on extreme textile process. Images will be posted here showing the history of my work, new work, developing projects and inspiration.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Ancestors

This is a picture of Jane Garten Swinney. I am trying to figure out how old she was in this picture. She was born in 1801. She was my Great Great Great Great Grandmother. Her parents were Griffith Garten and Hannah Killer. She was the mother of 11 children. She was described as a good and useful woman. She was also cared for nursing babies for 25 years which would make her a wet nurse.

Her mother was named Hannah Killer. She was Dutch.



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