Hook, eye and stud at the back.Provenance and SignifcanceThis petticoat was owned and worn by Amy Gear (nee Griffin) of Albion Park.
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.
George and Amy's daughter, Georgina Patricia "Pat', born in 1925, married Reginald Bruce Hain. Her grandmother's clothing was passed down to Pat.DonorHain, Georgina PatriciaExternal LinkA Prize Dairy Farm
CHARACTERISTICS
MaterialCotton and embroidery.Dimensions90cm x 36cm
