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A black and white photograph of an elderly well dressed woman sitting in a cane chair. The woman has white hair pulled back in a bun and is wearing a necklace, dark cardigan and mid calf length skirt and dark sandals. The photograph is surrounded by a gold mount and framed in gold coloured wood.
Fanny Alice Andrews born 1865, died 1937, married Frederick Quartermaine in 1883. Fanny was a pioneer nurse of the Katanning District. Midwife No. 30. Fanny nursed at Brockhurst hospital and also at Pinwarying.
Wedding notice in the West Australian newspaper dated Tue 14 Nov 1862.
An article from the Great Southern Herald dated Wed 28th Sep 1938 detailing the life history of Fanny Alice Quartermaine nee Andrews, there is a list of her children and also the many people who attended her funeral.
Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.
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