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From: "Jocelyn" <>
Subject: GALIEGUE Sampler preservation
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:17:41 +1000


I have recently found a cousin who is descended from Jean Baptiste Galiegue and his first wife ( I am descended from his second wife, Anne HESSE).

One of their French born sons, Jean Michel GALIEGUE married Catherine BERTIER and they had a number of children.

One was a daughter, Catherine , born 1783. She stitched a sampler when she was about 10 and it is still in the family - 220 years later

It is silk on silk and is part woven and part stitched. I have a picture of it now and realise it needs preserving properly.

Is there anyone on the list who could advise the best way to preserve this fabulous piece of history?

Am happy to send a pic of it if anyone is interested.

Catherine married John REYNOLDS and had at least a daughter , Catherine b 1811and probably 2-3 sons, but we have been unable to find the REYNOLDS family in 1841- Catherine b 1783 was still alive in 1843, her daughter died earlier, probably in child birth.

I would also be interested in what an ' undertaker' did back in the 1700's. The family were silk weavers and the best I can find out is that an undertaker took the silk and treated it somewhere other than the main weaving place.

Thanks for any tips

Jocelyn

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