Edith Shaw And Children At A Picnic

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c. 1924

Overview

Edith Shaw in large hat and light frock with sons Arthur and George , standing next to a fire with a billy suspended over it from a length of wood hooked in the fence. Mrs Wyatt is sitting with her back to the fence. Bathers are hanging from the high picket fence in front of large trees.

In the background is the Osborne Jetty and a gap in the fence where the Osborne Steps were once located.

Historical information

Edith Jane Marsh (1887-1969), daughter of Samuel Marsh (1851-1933) and Alice Hannah Manton (1864-1920), was born in Augusta, Western Australia on 4 December 1887.

Her family arrived in South Australia in 1836. Subsequently they came to the Vasse area by sea, and then by coach to Karridale where they owned and worked on the Rose Hill Farm.

Married William Shaw (1886-1969), son of Peter William Shaw (1856-1923) and Sarah Anne Holloway (1862-1924), at Katanning, Western Australia on the 26th December 1909.

Edith and William had four children:

- Sarah Olive Shaw (1911-1996)
- William Alfred Shaw (1917-1988)
- Arthur Edward Shaw (1919-1979)
- George James Shaw (1922-1991)

The family lived firstly at 41 Claremont Crescent,Claremont then moved to 21 Stirling Road, Claremont in December 1917 into a house being built by Peter Shaw. The house was never finished because of the hardships of World War I and then the depression.

Daughter Olive, never married, and lived most of her life in the family home at 21 Stirling Road. In December 1984 she moved to a retirement home in Nedlands.

Edith died on 13 June 1969 aged 81.
William died on 15 October 1969 aged 83.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--4-305

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Materials

Inscriptions and markings

On rear [Picnic near Osborne Steps/ E J Shaw George Shaw / Mrs Wyatt].

Keywords

1920s