Mary Trewavas1791–
- Name
- Mary Trewavas
- Given names
- Mary
- Surname
- Trewavas
- Married name
- Mary Badinar
Source: OPC Database
Citation details: Marriages database http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=1172490 : accessed 18 Sep 2015
| Birth | about 1791 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Historical Event | 1795 (Age 4 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in.The start of free trade was announced
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| Historical Event | March 5, 1797 (Age 6 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
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| Marriage | John Bodinnar — View this family October 4, 1810 (Age 19 years) Source: Cornwall Baptisms Transcription Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fb%2f950532768%2f1 : accessed 1 June 2016 Quality of data: secondary evidence Source: OPC Database Citation details: Marriages database http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=1172490 : accessed 18 Sep 2015 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 12 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 18 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
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| Town founded | 1812 (Age 21 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
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| Birth of a son #1 | John Bodinnar about 1816 (Age 25 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 27 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820_in_South_Africa Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | Phillis Bodinnar about 1821 (Age 30 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Baptism of a son | James Trewavas Bodinar January 21, 1821 (Age 30 years) Source: Cornwall Baptisms Transcription Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fb%2f950532768%2f1 : accessed 1 June 2016 |
| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 34 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
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| Birth of a son #3 | Richard Bodinnar about 1826 (Age 35 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Elizabeth Bodinnar about 1827 (Age 36 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Birth of a son #5 | William Bodinnar about 1829 (Age 38 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 44 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Census | June 6, 1841 (Age 50 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Residence | John Bodinnar — View this family 1841 (Age 50 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288212 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 53 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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| Marriage of a child | James Trewavas Bodinar — Elizabeth Harvey Pentreath — View this family January 15, 1848 (Age 57 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0005620999 : accessed 2 June 2016 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1848%2f1%2fah%2f000140%2f037 : accessed 2 June 2016 Source: OPC Database Citation details: Marriages database http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=1161036 : accessed 18 Sep 2015 Note: Wife (Elizabeth Penthreath) is a widow at the time of the 1871 census.
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| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Elizabeth “Bessie” Bodinnar about 1850 (Age 59 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1891%2f0012935726 : accessed 1 June 2016 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0008881107 : accessed 4 June 2016 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Bodinar about 1852 (Age 61 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0005621000 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Agnes Bodinar about 1853 (Age 62 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record/browse?id=gbc%2f1861%2f1592%2f00059a : accessed 5 June 2016 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary P Bodinar about 1856 (Age 65 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0005621000 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | John Bodinar about 1857 (Age 66 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0008881107 : accessed 4 June 2016 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 66 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
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| Death of a son | James Trewavas Bodinar between October 1863 and December 1863 (Age 72 years) Publication: Record transcription Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fd%2f1863%2f4%2fab%2f000266%2f024 : accessed 5 June 2016 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0005621000 : accessed 31 May 2016 Note: Wife is widow at time of 1871 census
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| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 70 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
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| Marriage of a grandchild | John Thomas Blewett — Elizabeth “Bessie” Bodinnar — View this family November 7, 1871 (Age 80 years) Citation details: "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2D21-K7F : accessed 26 December 2014), John Thomas Blewett, 1871; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Marriage, Penzance, Cornwall, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1871%2f4%2faz%2f000031%2f349 : accessed 1 June 2016 Source: OPC Database Citation details: Marriages database http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=1161884 : accessed 18 Sep 2015 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 110 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 61 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 (Age 63 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 74 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 76 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Diamond Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution
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| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 82 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
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| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 89 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 90 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area
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| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 95 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 108 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 113 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 115 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
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| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 119 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Death | yes |
- Generation 1
Mary Trewavas was born about 1791 in Cornwall, England. She marriedJohn Bodinnar on October 4, 1810 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England. He was born about 1776 in Cornwall, England.Children of
Mary Trewavas andJohn Bodinnar :John Bodinnar (1816–)James Trewavas Bodinar (1821–1863)Phillis Bodinnar (1821–)Richard Bodinnar (1826–)Elizabeth Bodinnar (1827–)William Bodinnar (1829–)
- Generation 2back to top
James Trewavas Bodinar , fisherman (in 1841), son ofJohn Bodinnar andMary Trewavas , was baptized on January 21, 1821 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England and died between October 1863 and December 1863 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He marriedElizabeth Harvey Pentreath , daughter ofRichard Pentreath andPhillis James , on January 15, 1848 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. She was born between 1824 and 1826 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.Children of
James Trewavas Bodinar andElizabeth Harvey Pentreath :Elizabeth “Bessie” Bodinnar (1850–1918)William Bodinar (1852–)Agnes Bodinar (1853–)Mary P Bodinar (1856–)John Bodinar (1857–)
- Generation 3back to top
Elizabeth “Bessie” Bodinnar , shop assistant (in 1871), daughter ofJames Trewavas Bodinar andElizabeth Harvey Pentreath , was born about 1850 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England and died on May 1, 1918 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England. She marriedJohn Thomas Blewett , son ofThomas Blewett andAnn Harvey Madron , on November 7, 1871 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He was born before April 4, 1847 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England and died on June 5, 1936.Children of
Elizabeth “Bessie” Bodinnar andJohn Thomas Blewett :Lizzie C Blewett (1872–)James Bodinnar Blewett (1873–1955)Olivia Agnes “Liv” Blewett (1875–1962)Ida Blewett (1877–)Thomas Blewett (1878–1879)Thomas Blewett (1881–1956)