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Ella Boyd
Quiltmaker
Rome, Georgia, United States
Georgia Quilt Project
Date and place of death.
1956, Rome, GA
Ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
African American
Educational background:
7th grade
Religious affiliation:
Baptist
Occupation (if retired, former occupation):
Homemaker
Where was the quiltmaker born?
United States
Where did the quiltmaker grow up?
Rural
Father's Name:
Wash Ferrell
Mother's Name:
Georgann
Mother's birthplace:
Georgia
Spouse's/Spouses' name(s):
John
Spouse's/Spouses' occupation:
Farmer
Number of children:
3M, 2F - Charlie, George, Henry, Cora, Eleanor
Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt:
Necessity
Other reasons the quiltmaker makes/made quilts.
Other quilts by this maker are somewhere in Georgia.
Name of quilting group(s):
She belonged to quilt groups.
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Documentation Project
Georgia Quilt Project -
Documentation Project
Black Diaspora Quilt History Project -
Creator
String Boyd, Ella
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Creator
String Boyd, Ella
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