Ellen Kate (Fish) Purtle 1872 - 1948

Ellen Kate (Fish) Purtle of Queenscliff, VIC Australia was born on July 22, 1872 in Fitzroy, City of Yarra County to Kate Martin Fish and Ithiel Fish. She had siblings Ithiel Charles Fish and Henry Crispin Fish. She married James Joseph Purtle on September 20, 1898, and they were married until James' death on September 13, 1941. She had children Bertie James Purtle, Harry Frederick Purtle, Phyllis Kate Purtle, Arthur Bernard Purtle, Sylvia Josine (Purtle) Edney, Charles Colin Purtle, and Stephen Leonard Purtle. Ellen Purtle died at age 76 years old on August 13, 1948 in Footscray, City of Maribyrnong County.