Frank Kettle

Frank Kettle was born on 28 June 1861, in Dunedin, New Zealand.

He was the youngest child of Charles and Amelia Kettle.

He married Elsie Duncan on 5 April 1893, at the residence of the bride's mother in Michie St, Roslyn.

Frank and Elsie Kettle

The picture shows Frank and Elsie Kettle with daughter Elsie and son Neville.

in 1901 Frank made an application for Letters Patent to the Patent Office, for "improvements in machines for scouring wool or other fibres"

Frank Kettle died in 1955 in Nelson, New Zealand.