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Chair, about 1840 John Smith, New Jerusalem1840
New Jerusalem
Credits:Queens County Museum Collection
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This ladder back chair was made by John H. Smith, New Jerusalem, about 1840. The chair contrasts with the elegant clock on the preceding page, but illustrates that people mixed fine new items with the sturdy utilitarian pieces of the early settlers.16
Glass Egg, ''Easter - April 7 191?' Alice Vallis Hazen, New Jerusalem7 April 1910
New Jerusalem
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This delicate glass egg is hand decorated with pink and red flowers and is marked "EASTER - April 7 191?" (about 1915). It was used for both darning socks or mittens or purely for decoration. It was owned by Alice Vallis Hazen, daughter of George Vallis and a local school teacher named Minnie Machum.18
Rilla Machum House, New Jerusalem, 19521952
New Jerusalem
Credits:Base Gagetown Community History Association
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Rilla Gertrude Machum (1902-1989) owned this house at the time of the expropriation, having inherited it from her father in 1947. The daughter of George E. Machum and Alice Hamilton, Rilla was educated at the Polleyhurst School and later worked in Toronto.20
Coverlet, about 1850 Machum Family, New Jerusalem1850
New Jerusalem
Credits:Queens County Museum Collection
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This handwoven coverlet is made from wool and cotton. Two sections of the distinctive blue and white material would be woven and then stitched together to make one large blanket.Early settlers were often proficient weavers. Over time, however, one or two members of the community would specialize in the craft and travel from house to house weaving cloth for the farmers and their wives.
This particular coverlet was woven by Amelia Jane Stockford, Hibernia for one of the Machum Families at New Jerusalem. It was donated to the Queens County Museum by Rilla Machum in 1975.
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Mantel, about 1830 Frank Machum House, New Jerusalem1830
New Jerusalem
Credits:Queens County Museum Collection
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The Machum family had its roots in the New Jerusalem area and occupied a number of large farms and houses. This mantel is from the Frank Machum House, New Jerusalem. Frank Machum (1876-1966), the son of Thomas W. Machum and Alice Smith, married Lillian Mary Howe who died tragically at the age of 36, after catching pneumonia following the birth of their eighth child in 1914.24
Timothy Short House, New Jerusalem, 19521952
New Jerusalem
Credits:Base Gagetown Community History Association
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Fred Vale and Eva Robertson lived on the Timothy Short farm at New Jerusalem after Short and his wife Alice moved to Brown's Flat in the early 1940s.26
Vase, about 1910 Timothy Short, New Jerusalem1910
New Jerusalem
Credits:Queens County Museum Collection
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This tall glass vase, c 1910, belonged to the Timothy Short Family of New Jerusalem. |
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