EUPHEMIA MACKINTOSH NEE DRUMMOND
c. 1900 - 1910A head & shoulders sepia studio portrait of Euphemia Mackintosh (nee Drummond).
She is wearing a lace trimmed cloth that covers most of her white hair, and a dark coloured dress with white lace scarf on neck which is fastened with a brooch.
Euphemia (b. 1826) was the youngest daughter of botanist James Drummond Snr. and Sarah Drummond. She was a toddler when she arrived in Western Australia with her parents on the Parmelia in 1829. She had five siblings
In 1849, aged 23, she married Ewan Mackintosh and, with the exception of the first few years, the whole of her life was spent at Glendearg in the Toodyay district.
She had 11 children. For her last fourteen years, she was the sole surviving Parmelia immigrant, still alert and active until she died in January 1921 at ninety-four years of age.
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On back of photo: "Euphemia Mackintosh nee Drummond, from Mrs. Veasey, a granddaughter."
Same image as 2020.45 in the Shire of Toodyay collection.
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