Makers: Ursula Bowman and Jill Bowman

Panel number: 187

Petition Sheet Number: 226

Person honouring: Mary Louisa Bowman

Relationship to makers: Ursula’s great-great-grandmother, Jill’s great-grandmother

Mary Louisa Frost, from Middleton, married John William Bowman at the age of 19 on 7 July 1875. They lived in Upper Riccarton where they had seven children. Mary died in 1925.

Panel materials: Black cotton, silk organza, faux leather, black lace. I didn’t buy any new fabrics for the panel.