Welcome Walls

BENTLEY Mary (nee Edmans)

1 September 1904 – 27 December 1984

Origin Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England
First settled in Yelbini WA
Original Occupation School teacher
Occupation in Australia Farmer

ORSOVA

Departure Port Tilbury
Arrival Year 1929

Fremantle

11 panel

Read their story

A school teacher in Britain she emigrated to marry her childhood sweetheart. In very basic living conditions, she bore and raised 5 children meanwhile assisting in farm work. In retirement at Busselton she was active in the Anglican Church and worked for the Historical Society.

Share

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share this

Visitor Submitted Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Attach files to this comment
Changes made to the attachments are not permanent until you save this post. Files must be smaller than 10 MB and have one of the following extensions: jpg jpeg gif png bmp.

All content copyright Government of Western Australia, All rights reserved.