Pioneers and Palms
Introduction
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Generation 2 - Minnie 1889-1964

Minnie was the second daughter and like her older sister, moved to Adelaide and lived with her aunt. She was also ‘adept at dressmaking and needlework'. Minnie returned to Eyre Peninsula after her marriage in 1913 where she regularly won prizes in the local Agricultural Shows for needlework. Minnie later moved to Victoria and remained there for the rest of her life. Her only daughter did not survive infancy.


Generation 2 - Diosma 1902-1989

Diosma was the third daughter and moved to Adelaide with her parents after the farm at Edillilie was sold. Diosma attended the School of Mines in Adelaide (similar to a present-day TAFE) where she came top of her dressmaking classes. She returned to Eyre Peninsula to live with two of her brothers, and met Stuart Humble there, who she married in 1934. Diosma was skilled at embroidery, won many prizes at country shows, and also did dressmaking and knitting. Diosma's daughter, Maggie, was born in 1940 and is the only surviving grand-daughter of Georgiana and Albert Palm.