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ROWE, KATE

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c. 1920

Overview

B/W print. A head and shoulders studio portrait of Kate Murphy Rowe in a square necked dark frock with patterned collar. She has dark eyes and whit hair. Handwritten on the rear [Kate Rowe/ wife of Sam Rowe].

Historical information

Kate Murphy Gibbings was born in Leyton, Essex, England on 29 June 1873. The fifth child of a family of 13, she married Sam Rowe in Northam, Western Australia, on 18 February 1896 and died in Claremont on 4 April 1963.

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Registration number

cwa-org-28--12-187-

Item type

Photographs

Year

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Wednesday, 24 September, 2025

Completeness

94

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