Ladies Nightdress

DESCRIPTION

TitleLadies NightdressObject TypeTextileClothingDatec.1920DescriptionLadies Nightdress.

Scalloped edges.
Provenance and SignifcanceThis nightdress was owned and worn by Charlotte Willis Griffin Amy Gear (nee Griffin) of Kembla Grange.

Charlotte was born in 1852 at sea on the way to Australia from Buckinghamshire, England. Her parents were James French and Leah Willis Griffin. Charlotte's siblings were Amy, Isabella and James.

Amy Griffin married George Gear Snr at Wollongong in 1870.

One of their sons, George Austin Gear was born at Tullimbar, 3 June 1873.

In 1899, George Austin married Mabel Bannister Pearson and they had three boys, Oliver George, Herbert William and Percy Barlett before Mabel sadly died aged just 29 years old.

Mabel's parents were William Pearson and Susannah Dawes of Marshall Mount.

George remarried Amy Maud Bailey in 1907.

Amy was born in 1886 at Kangaroo Valley. Her parents Alexander Bailey and Mary Ann Law were born at Jamberoo.

George Austin and Amy Maude Gear had ten children - James Austin, Jane Kelsey, Amy Muriel, Doris Vera, Enid Thora, John Clyde, Reginald Desmond, Georgina Patricia, Essie Isabel and Ethel Ruth.

The Gear family farmed at Albion Park and are related through marriage to the Pearson's, Faulks', Badans', Condon's, and Weston's.

Charlotte never married. She died at Kembla Grange aged 75 years, and her clothing was passed to her niece, Georgina Patricia Griffin (Nee Gear).
DonorHain, Georgina PatriciaExternal LinkA Prize Dairy Farm

CHARACTERISTICS

MaterialSilk.Dimensions122cm x 60cm

CLASSIFICATION

PrimaryCostumeSecondaryFemale

CONNECTIONS

CollectionObjectsGear Family CollectionLocalityAlbion ParkTullimbar

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Ladies Nightdress