photograph, 1927

Historical information

Sister Martha (Florence Gertrude Edwards) was Kindergarten Superintendent at the Carlton Methodist Mission. She married the Reverend George Fielding Dyson in 1936 after the death of his first wife in 1934. Rev. Dyson's son Fielding George Martin Dyson was killed in a motorcycle accident on 9 April 1936. Two memorial windows for the first Mrs Dyson were installed in the Palmerston Street Methodist Church. Reverend Dyson died in 1956.

Physical description

B & W head and shoulders studio portrait of Sister Martha, wearing the uniform of a Methodist deaconess. Postcard format.

Inscriptions & markings

To Eva, Wishing you a Happy Christmas & Bright New Year. Yours sincerely Sister Martha. Isa.50 1. 1926 - 1927

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