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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ariel O&#039;Hagan, post: 171340, member: 2929&quot;]I need help identifying my families old cedar hope chest. It&#039;s not a lane I know that much. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is made out of solid cedar. After talking with our family genealogist we think this chest was bought around 1908-1910. It has two large stationary wood handles that run from end to end width wise, they have broken off but we still have all the parts. I don&#039;t see any dove tail joints or anything visible like that. I will be posting pictures later this afternoon. </p><p><br /></p><p>History to go with the chest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Family is a matriarchy so any history from the chest and that time period will include very little about the men. </p><p><br /></p><p>My relative from Ireland Mrs. Catherine O&#039;Hagan had bought this hope chest for her daughter Mary O&#039;Hagan born (1894). At that time it wasn&#039;t uncommon for women to get a hope chest by the time their 20. Catherine O&#039;Hagan died when her daughter was 18. After her death we think Mary struggled for a while financially.&nbsp; On the assumption that she got her hope chest around 1908-1912 at the absolute latest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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