SMITH, Edith Ray
20 May 1869 – 24 October 1943
Origin High Wycombe, Bucks, England
Accompanying Family Nil
First settled in Fremantle, WA
Original Occupation Furniture Factory
Occupation in Australia Nurse
UNKNOWN
Departure Port Tilbury
Arrival Year 1890
Fremantle
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Came to Australia for health reasons. Trained as a nurse at the Finnerty Street Asylum, Fremantle. Married F.J. Fowler 1894 - they became the first matron & Supt (1897) of the State Industrial School in Barker Road, Subiaco. The school became the Museum of KEMH. She and husband eventually settled in Cottesloe and raised seven children.
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