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| Silver Trinket Box engraved "Lou" [polished] |
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| Silver Trinket Box [unpolished] |
This trinket box entered in to my parents possession and then into mine. I didn't have much knowledge of it other than it, and a silver coffee pot, had belonged to my Great Grandparents Zoe Marie Cullimore Graham (1885-1960) and Lester Garfield Graham (1880-1972). Between my parents and myself we have owned the box, and coffee pot, for almost 50 years now. I've search my notes to try and determine why a Graham and a Cullimore would have an item engraved with "Lou" on it. A few weeks ago I shared pictures of the box, and the coffee pot, with my dad's cousin. We've been collaborating on our family research project. After putting several stories and possible events together, it is possible that the box belonged to Zoe's mother, Courtenay Marie Hill (1846-1906), who had obtained it from her aunt Lucy Baynham Baylor Dodd (1813-1902) who died with no issue. Courtenay had spent some time with Lucy, believed to be called "Aunt Lou," and Courtenay's grandmother Courtenay Elizabeth New Baylor (1818-1901) when both were widowed and living together in Texas. If anyone has some more information on the trinket box I would appreciate it. Oh, and a mystery was solved....Where is the coffee pot, the cream and sugar? Mystery solved after almost 50 years. I have the aboved mention silver coffee pot and my dad's cousin has passed the cream and sugar set on to their daughter. After all these years we did not know the other had a part of the set. The set is reconected via the electronic age.
