Henrietta Puttnam with her daughter, Alice

DESCRIPTION

TitleHenrietta Puttnam with her daughter, AlicePhoto Number004028DescriptionHenrietta Lewis graduated as a nurse and worked in Fiji as a Nanny. She met and married English sailing ship Captain Edward Puttnam. Edward died when their daughter, Alice, was three weeks old. Henrietta returned to Australia to continue nursing. In 1906 she married Walter Bush, a shopkeeper in Sydney. They owned hotels in Sydney and Kiama and had one son, Harry. After Walter died, Henrietta purchased land in Shellharbour and built the Ocean Beach Hotel. Alice married Charles Clinton Cullen, a farmer from Rose Valley, in 1917. Charles was the Mayor of Kiama in the 1920s.DonorCullen, Eileen

CHARACTERISTICS

TypeTIFFImage Size600DPI

CONNECTIONS

CollectionPhotosFamilyBush Last edited by: Erin Tierney

Cullen

LocalityShellharbour Village Last edited by: Erin Tierney

PersonBush, Henrietta (nee Lewis) Last edited by: Erin Tierney

Related ItemOcean Beach Hotel Last edited by: Erin Tierney

ACCESS

CopyrightShellharbour City Council

OCR Text Transcription Edit Edit +-Close

Save Cancel + Row + Column

Henrietta Puttnam with her daughter, Alice

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

Menu

Henrietta Puttnam with her daughter, Alice