| 1860 |
Anna Mary Robertson born, Greenwich, NY |
| 1872 |
Leaves home to work as a "hired girl" on
a neighboring farm |
| 1887 |
Marries Thomas Salmon Moses and moves to the Shenandoah
Valley in Virginia |
| 1905 |
Returns to NY State with husband and five surviving
children; settles in Eagle Bridge, not far from her birthplace |
| 1927 |
Thomas Salmon Moses dies |
| 1930s |
Begins making embroidered pictures and paintings for
friends and family |
| 1938 |
Display of paintings at Thomas's Drugstore, Hoosick
Falls, NY, discovered by Louis J. Caldor |
| 1940 |
First one-woman exhibition in NY and special Thanksgiving
presentation at Gimbels Department Store |
| 1946 |
First Grandma Moses Christmas cards |
| 1949 |
Receives award from President Truman |
| 1955 |
Interviewed by Edward R. Murrow for CBS |
| 1961 |
Dies at the age of 101 in Hoosick Falls, NY |