The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) Saturday 16 July 193857689

OBITUARY

The death occurred at Mount Gam-  
bier on May 8 of Mrs. Harriett
Purkiss. 96. relict of Mr. George Wil-  
liam Purkiss. of Yahl. Born in Oak-
gingham, Cambridgeshire, England, she  
came to Australia with her parents at
the age of 13, and the family settled at
Underdale, Adelaide. She was mar-
ried in 1865, and for 18 months after-
wards she and her husband resided in
Adelaide. With other relatives, they
went overland to Mount Gambier, and  
selected land at Yahl. Both lived on
the same property for the remainder of
their lives.