Historical information

Nancy Penrose Lawry (1831-1886) married Edmund Samuel Parkes (1834-1887) in 1855 in London. They travelled to Australia aboard the Damascus in November 1867 with their six children and other relatives to enable Edmund to take up an appointment as inspector of the Bank of Australasia. Four more Parkes children were born in St Kilda. They lived at Iron (later called Willyama), 241 Carlisle Street, Balaclava.

Physical description

Black and white photograph mounted on plywood and cardboard

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten notes on the back: Nancy Parkes - wife of Edmund Samuel Parkes. Mother of ten (10) Agnes Sargood nee Parkes