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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marie Forjan, post: 1852560, member: 147&quot;]OK, a little family history...</p><p><br /></p><p>My friend’s side of the family that the bonnet came from is English and have been in New England since the mid 1600s. She has traced her family back past Rodger Conant who came from England and was one of the founding fathers of Salem MA. The family has lived in MA since (not New Hampshire).</p><p><br /></p><p>She believes the bonnet was owned by one of his descendants named Martha who lived from 1858 to 1909. If, as has been suggested here, the bonnet dates to the Civil War era, Martha was only 7 when the war ended, so maybe it’s from after the Civil War. It is small, though too large for a baby or small child, so maybe it’s for an older child or pre teen? I doubt it would have been Martha’s mother’s, unless she’s was very, very tiny, since she would have been in her 20s during the Civil War.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you everyone for all your thoughts, digging into this has been fun...and my friend tells me they are still going through all the “stuff” they have so I will be seeing more <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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