Historical information

Ida Lewers, the fifth child of Annie and Samuel Lewers, was born at Linton in 1865.
During World War I, she moved to Berry, NSW, where she lived with her older brother, Dr Thomas Ross Lewers. In Berry she was Secretary of the local branch of the Red Cross, and was on the management committee of the Red Cross home for convalescent soldiers. When she left Berry she was presented by the "Diggers of Berry" with an 'illuminated address', in appreciation of her services.
In 1926, Ida Lewers returned to live at Linton, at first with her brother William Ochiltree Lewers and his family at Mannibadar, and afterwards at the former Bank of New South Wales building where she had lived as a child.
Ida Lewers taught Sunday School classes and was deeply involved with the Church of England throughout her life. She died in 1947, age 80.

Physical description

Mounted oval black and white photograph of a young woman.

Inscriptions & markings

On back, written in ink: "Miss Lewers, one of 5 daughters of Samuel Lewers".