ELDERLY LADY

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Oval B&W photo,bust of lady with embroidered Bodice & lace & bows (3) cap on head

Historical information

This person is probably Euphemia Mackintosh (nee Drummond) of Glendearg.
Euphemia is identified in other photos in the Shire of Toodyay's photographic collection - 2001.117 & 2001.1345 - wearing what appears to be the same cap as the one in this photo.
(Another photo in the Toodyay collection - 2001.1120 - has a written dedication at top left "To Burdett from Mother - wishing her a Happy Xmas 1904")

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1030

Item type

Photographs

Inscriptions and markings

Mendelssohn, 80 Swanston St, Melbourne. Aristo
Writing on reverse of photo reads " To Dear Burdett. With fond love and best wishes from Burdett"

Contextual Information

Burdett Lloyd was a school teacher (CER 1910). Taught in Toodyay district schools and lived at home with mother at Calbaline. Burdett (1888-1914) married James Laurance Vincent Sheridan, in St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay on 25 March 1913. He worked for the Railways in Northam and Newcastle, for some years. They lived in Midland Junction, then James St., Perth. They had a daughter on 30 Dec 1913 at Midland (Elaine Burdett). Burdett died on 24 Jan 1914 in Perth Hospital (from birth complications, it seems) buried in Nardie Cemetery. James' dates (1885-1981); he served in WW1. He did not remarry, it seems. Died in Merredin.

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Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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