This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bamahart Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.myers/7797/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Myers & Johns Researchers, I get a regular email from the Auction site http://www.invaluable.com. Today it announced an auction for an important MYERS HEIRLOOM needlework, titled with description. If you are interested please follow the link below the description. The auction begins on November 28, 2014, 10:00 AM EST. You will have to go to the link below to find out how to participate in the auction. Lot 510: IMPORTANT PENNSYLVANIA NEEDLEWORK MEMORIAL Marietta, Lancaster County, 1832, hair, silk on gauze. Depicts a grieving couple by a monument dedicated to twenty-one-year-old William Johns who died in 1822, willow tree bowing overhead, the whole surrounded by floral vine. Signed at lower edge "Louisa Myers her work made in the year of our Lord 1832". Ribbon border. In a frame, 21.5"h. 21.5"w. Possibly the daughter of George and Mary Myers of York County, born in 1822, she married Levi Groscost (1821-1910) and lived in York County until her death in 1879. Judging from the design and needlework, Louisa attended Mrs Buchanan's School in Marietta. The realistic flower border on three sides, the wide leafed willow, plume pattern on the urn, the wording of the inscriptions, ribbon border and use of real hair are all characteristic of needlework made under the supervision of Catherine Buchanan. See Ring's Girlhood Embroidery, pgs. 422-427. http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/important-pennsylvania-needlework-memorial.-510-c-2392b11463?utm_source=house&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exclusive&utm_content=gar112214 I am posting this same message on Rootsweb for the surname Johns. I hope someone finds this valuable to their research. Sincerely, a fellow researcher. I am NOT a Myers researcher. I am only posting this because I thought this was very interesting and that some Myers researchers may be interested in following up on this. Please do not contact me asking for more information. I don't know anything more than what I have posted here. However, if anyone finds that they have a connection, it would be fun to know hear about that. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>