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Store order from Mrs Kenny

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Margaret Kenny

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on blue paper.

Historical information

Margaret Corbett married (1) John Kenny. Came to WA with her husband (an Enrolled Pensioner Guard). Children - John (b.1852), Henry Edward (b.1853), Helen (b.1858). Kenny died at Greenough on 17/08/1864.
She married (2) Henry Adams at Geraldton on 21/05/1866.
The note is written to Elizabeth Maley (nee Waldeck), wife of John S. Maley, miller and storekeeper at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1323

Item type

Letters

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ink

Writing Paper

Width

125 mm

Height or length

92 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

April 7th 1865
please Mrs Maley to let me have dark worsted cord trousers no.5 1 pair mens Boots 1 Belt
Mrs Kenny

Contextual Information

At the time of writing, many women had received minimal education and many were illiterate. Of the hundreds of letters like these in the Maley Mill & Store Archives, only a handful are written by women.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1865

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