Sampler
Maker's Name
Simm, Henriette
Location
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Date Made
1843 or 1848
Maker's Age
5 or 10 years old, born 1838
Dimensions
8 x 18 ¾ inches
Medium
Wool on linen with cross, long arm cross, and satin stitches; thread count: 28/inch horizontal, 26/inch vertical
Provenance
The sampler was made by Henriette Simm in 1843/1848. Purchased by Private Collector #36 from Richard Gryziec of RSG Antiques in 2020. According to the oral history, Henriette's family entered her sampler in the Kentucky State Fair where it won 1st place in its category. Accompanying the sampler was a blue ribbon from the 1936 Kentucky State Fair. (see ancillary images)
Description
The sampler has four rows of alphabets with the date “1843" or "1848” at the end of the second row. (Whether the last number is a "3", or an "8" with stitches missing, is uncertain. Due to the spacing and the appearance of the number, AKS suggest that wool is absent is from the left side of an "8" and the date is 1848, but this is unclear.) The rows of alphabets are separated by simple crossbands. In the lower corners flowers and in the lower field is the signature:
Henriette . Simm . is . my . name . Kentucky . is . my.
station . Louisville . is . my . dwelling . place .
and . CHRIST . IS . MY . SALVATION .
Henriette Simm was born on August 26, 1838, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky as a first generation American. Her German immigrant parents were John Simm (1813-1866) and Catherine Voelker (1818-1881), who was nineteen years old at Henriette’s birth. Henriette’s siblings included Louisa (1839-1922), Elizabeth (1850-1895), Caroline (Carrie) Wilhelmine Gottleib (1853-1925), John (Jr.)(1856-1882), Lilly A. (1858-1930), and Ed (1862-1891).
Henriette Simm married Karl Buetgenbach (1828-1972), a German immigrant listed as a furniture dealer in the 1870 census. Their offspring included Louisa (1859–1946), William M. (1859–1888), Charles (1864–1940), Carolena (1867–1954), Emma (1868–1913), Ida (1869–1949), and Julia (1873–1971).
Henriette Simm died on July 28, 1930, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky at the age of ninety-one and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, Section P, Lot: 4 Grave: *2. (see ancillary images)
Henriette . Simm . is . my . name . Kentucky . is . my.
station . Louisville . is . my . dwelling . place .
and . CHRIST . IS . MY . SALVATION .
Henriette Simm was born on August 26, 1838, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky as a first generation American. Her German immigrant parents were John Simm (1813-1866) and Catherine Voelker (1818-1881), who was nineteen years old at Henriette’s birth. Henriette’s siblings included Louisa (1839-1922), Elizabeth (1850-1895), Caroline (Carrie) Wilhelmine Gottleib (1853-1925), John (Jr.)(1856-1882), Lilly A. (1858-1930), and Ed (1862-1891).
Henriette Simm married Karl Buetgenbach (1828-1972), a German immigrant listed as a furniture dealer in the 1870 census. Their offspring included Louisa (1859–1946), William M. (1859–1888), Charles (1864–1940), Carolena (1867–1954), Emma (1868–1913), Ida (1869–1949), and Julia (1873–1971).
Henriette Simm died on July 28, 1930, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky at the age of ninety-one and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, Section P, Lot: 4 Grave: *2. (see ancillary images)
Owner/History of Owner/Credit Line
Private Collector #36
AKS Catalog Number
2021-107
Sources
Personal email correspondence with Private Collector #36
AKS photography at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
Ancestry.com
AKS photography at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
Ancestry.com
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