Maker: Aileen Davidson

Panel number: 121

Petition Sheet Number: 130

Person honouring: Hannah Fowler

Relationship to makers:

Hannah Fowler was born on 29 December 1853 at Stonefold Brae, Berwick, Scotland. She arrived at Port Chalmers aboard The Lord Worsley on 4 October 1858, with her parents and seven siblings. The family settled in the Palmerston area, North Otago. Hannah is on the list of first day pupils who were enrolled at the Palmerston District High School in January 1866. 

Hannah married William Fowler in Dunedin in 1873 and lived for most of her married life in Palmerston. She and William had three sons and five daughters: John (1874 - 1958), Norman Alexander (1883 - 1929), William Booth (1887 - 1962), Mary Anne (1873 - 1895), Jessie Sparks (1876 - 1897), Lilian Jane (1878 - 1895), Rosea Mary (1880 - 1902) and Jane (1889 - 1932). Hannah and her family were very involved with the Salvation Army in Palmerston. 

The family moved to Dunedin in November 1895. Shortly after, on 11th April 1896, Hannah died from tuberculosis at the age of 42 at their house in Cumberland Street. Four of her daughters also died from tuberculosis - two in 1895, another in 1897 and one in 1902. It is said that they became infected by milk from the family’s cow. Hannah is buried at the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, with her husband and three of her daughters.

Panel materials: Embroidery thread and wool from Vinnies Re Sew.