Makers: Allan Findlay, Mary Napper

Panel number: 298

Petition sheet number: 352

Person honouring: Elsie Findlay

Relationship to makers: Great-great-grandmother

Elsie Findlay (nee Rhind) arrived from Scotland with her new husband, her parents, and her siblings. They settled near Invercargill. She had eight children.

Panel materials: An old cotton sheet purchased around 30 years ago in a garage sale. Threads were vintage threads from garage sales. The doily that framed the photo of Elsie was one made by a great-aunt of my wife’s.