Mary Ely, 17981857 (aged 59 years)

Name
Mary /Ely/
Given names
Mary
Surname
Ely
Name
Mary /Blewett/
Type of name
married name
Birth
Citation details: Death: Mary BLEWETT (1857), Q1-Penzance-5C-236, https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1857%2F1%2FAF%2F000243%2F039 : accessed 23 Sep 2020
Citation details: Death: Mary BLEWETT (1857), Q1-Penzance-5C-236, received 23 Sep 2020
Citation details: Census: Mary BLEWETT and household (1851), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1851/0009658942 : accessed 21 Sep 2020

1851 England - Census transcript - Mary Blewett - Household
Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Mary BlewettheadMar52fisherman's wifePaul, Cornwall
Grace BlewettdaughterUnm24fisherman's daughterPaul, Cornwall
Polly Blewettdaughter13scholarPaul, Cornwall
Catherine greenniece9scholarNewlyn, Cornwall
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 1 year)
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War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 17 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 11 years)
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 14 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 20 years)
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 22 years)
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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.
Marriage
Source: OPC Database
Citation details: Baptisms database http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=baptisms&id=1410556 : accessed 19 Sep 2015
Text:

Day Month: 12-Sep
Year: 1824
Parish Or Reg District: Paul
Forename: Thomas
Surname: BLEWET
Sex: son
Father Forename: James
Mother Forename: Mary
Residence: Mousehole
Father Rank Profession: Fisherman

Source: OPC Database
Text:

Day Month: 20-Jan
Year: 1822
Parish Or Reg District: Paul
Groom Fn: James
Groom Sn: BLEWET
Bride Fn: Mary
Bride Sn: ELY
Banns / Licence (B/L): B
Witness Fn1: Henry
Witness Sn1: WRIGHT
Witness Fn2: Richd.
Witness Sn2: PENTREATH

Citation details: Marriages database http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=1160107 : accessed 19 Sep 2015
Note: Reasons for identification of Mary Ely as James Blewett's wife

Reasons for identification of Mary Ely as James Blewett's wife

  1. Mary's forename mentioned in baptism of her son Thomas.
  2. Search for a Mary married to James Blewet prior to 1825 yields only one marriage record.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825 (aged 27 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 37 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Census

1841 England - Census transcript - James Blewett - Household
http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288139 : accessed 19 Sep 2015
Mousehole, Penzance, England

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCSIF
James Blewett40FishMy
Mary Blewett40y
Thomas Blewett15y
Grace Blewett13y
Richard Blewett10y
Mary Blewett3y
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 46 years)
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Marriage of a son
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Citation details: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYVS-LV5 : accessed 1 June 2016), John Thomas Blewet, 04 Apr 1847; citing PAUL,CORNWALL,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 226,179.
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=1160998 : accessed 18 Sep 2015
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Baptism: John Thomas BLEWET (1847), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D8M7-RV4?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-GP8%3A138123201%2C140206301%2C140211601 : 2 February 2018), Cornwall > Paul > Baptisms, 1844-1870 > image 31 of 189; Cornwall Records Office, Truro : accessed 21 Sep 2020
Citation details: Marriage: Thomas BLEWET and Ann Harvey (1846), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D8M7-RZ1?cc=1769414&wc=3CB7-BZQ%3A138123201%2C140206301%2C140256701 : 2 February 2018), Cornwall > Paul > Marriages, 1837-1851 > image 171 of 505; Cornwall Records Office, Truro : accessed 21 Sep 2020
Birth of a grandson
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYVS-LV5 : accessed 16 September 2015
Text:

John Thomas Blewet, 04 Apr 1847; citing PAUL,CORNWALL,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 226,179

Citation details: Baptism: John Thomas BLEWET (1847), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D8M7-RV4?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-GP8%3A138123201%2C140206301%2C140211601 : 2 February 2018), Cornwall > Paul > Baptisms, 1844-1870 > image 31 of 189; Cornwall Records Office, Truro : accessed 21 Sep 2020
Census
March 30, 1851 (aged 53 years)
Citation details: Census: Mary BLEWETT and household (1851), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1851/0009658942 : accessed 21 Sep 2020

1851 England - Census transcript - Mary Blewett - Household
Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Mary BlewettheadMar52fisherman's wifePaul, Cornwall
Grace BlewettdaughterUnm24fisherman's daughterPaul, Cornwall
Polly Blewettdaughter13scholarPaul, Cornwall
Catherine greenniece9scholarNewlyn, Cornwall
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (1 year after death)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (44 years after death)
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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.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (44 years after death)
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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.
Death
Address: Mousehole, Paul
Citation details: Death: Mary BLEWETT (1857), Q1-Penzance-5C-236, https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1857%2F1%2FAF%2F000243%2F039 : accessed 23 Sep 2020
Citation details: Death: Mary BLEWETT (1857), Q1-Penzance-5C-236, received 23 Sep 2020
Family with James Blewett
husband
17991875
Birth: calculated 1799Cornwall, England
Death: June 5, 1875Mousehole, Cornwall, England
herself
17981857
Birth: calculated 1798Penzance, Cornwall, England
Death: March 24, 1857Mousehole, Cornwall, England
Marriage MarriageJanuary 20, 1822Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England
3 years
son
1824
Birth: about 1824 25 26 Cornwall, England
Death:
4 years
daughter
18271885
Birth: 1827 28 29 Cornwall, England
Death: between January 1885 and March 1885Penzance, Cornwall, England
4 years
son
1830
Birth: calculated 1830 31 32 Cornwall, England
Death:
9 years
daughter
18381913
Birth: about 1838 39 40 Cornwall, England
Death: between July 1913 and September 1913Penzance, Cornwall, England

Descendants of Mary Ely

  1. Generation 1
    1. Mary Ely was born calculated 1798 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England and died on March 24, 1857 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.

      She married James Blewett on January 20, 1822 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England. He was born calculated 1799 in Cornwall, England and died on June 5, 1875 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.

      Children of Mary Ely and James Blewett:

      1. Thomas Blewett (1824)
      2. Grace Blewett (18271885)
      3. Richard Blewett (1830)
      4. Mary Polly Blewett (18381913)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Thomas Blewett, fisherman (in 1846), son of James Blewett and Mary Ely, was born about 1824 in Cornwall, England.

      He married Ann Harvey Madron, daughter of John Madron and Ann Harvey, on November 3, 1846 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England. She was born calculated 1825.

      Children of Thomas Blewett and Ann Harvey Madron:

      1. John Thomas Blewett (18471936)
    2. Mary Polly Blewett, daughter of James Blewett and Mary Ely, was born about 1838 in Cornwall, England and died between July 1913 and September 1913 in Penzance, Cornwall, England.

      She married James Blewett, son of John Carey Blewett and Mary A , on October 26, 1886 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England. He was born calculated 1839.

      Mary Polly Blewett and James Blewett had no children.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. John Thomas Blewett, fisherman (from 1891 to 1911), son of Thomas Blewett and Ann Harvey Madron, was born before April 4, 1847 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England and died on June 5, 1936.

      He married Elizabeth Bessie Bodinnar, daughter of James Trewavas Bodinar and Elizabeth Harvey Pentreath, on November 7, 1871 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. She was born about 1850 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England and died on May 1, 1918 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England.

      Children of John Thomas Blewett and Elizabeth Bessie Bodinnar:

      1. Lizzy Pentreath Bet Blewett (18721954)
      2. James Bodinar Blewett (18731955)
      3. Olivia Agnes Liv Blewett (18751962)
      4. Ida Blewett (18771967)
      5. Thomas Blewett (18781879)
      6. Thomas Tom Blewett (18811956)

Ancestors of Mary Ely

  1. Generation 1
    1. Mary Ely was born calculated 1798 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England and died on March 24, 1857 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.

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