52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 8 - Heirloom

heirloom

noun heir·loom \ ˈer-ˌlüm \

something of special value handed down from one generation to another

We do not have many heirlooms in our family.  Mostly we have photographs.  One of our heirlooms is a desk that was originally my husband’s oldest cousin, Florence aka Honey.  She used it when she was about 3 years old until 5 when she became too tall to use it. The desk stayed in her house until about 1946 when it was passed onto my husband. After we married and had children it was used by all three children, it resides at the top of our stairs to this day.  It is still in very good condition.  It is made of wood, it has two drawers and cubby holes and a roll top.  It also has the accompanying chair.

Roll Top Childs Desk

Honey using desk about 1938

Blogger Amy Johnson Crowe started this 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks because family history is better when it’s shared.  This is a series of prompts to help share discoveries I’ve made in my genealogy.

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