Grace Blewett, 18271885 (aged 58 years)

Name
Grace /Blewett/
Given names
Grace
Surname
Blewett
Birth
Baptism
Citation details: Baptism: Grace BLEWETT (1827), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F950533521%2F1 : accessed 21 Sep 2020
Text:

Father: James Blewett
Mother: Mary
Relationship: dau

Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 8 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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 17 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Census
March 30, 1851 (aged 24 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
Death of a mother
March 24, 1857 (aged 30 years) Age: 59 years
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
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 32 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 38 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: 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.
Census
April 2, 1871 (aged 44 years)
Citation details: Census: James BLEWETT and household (1871), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1871/0005621732 : accessed 21 Sep 2020

1871 England - Census transcript - James Blewett - Household
Cliff Street, St Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
James BlewettheadMar71fishermanCornwall
Grace BlewettdaughterUnm44housekeeperCornwall
John T BlewettgrandsonUnm24fishermanCornwall
Benjamin HarrylodgerUnm11Cornwall
Death of a father
Citation details: Death: James BLEWETT (1875), Ed. June 9, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/ViewArticle?id=BL%2F0001617%2F18750609%2F096%2F0003 : accessed 21 Sep 2020
Text:

DEATH.
BLEWETT - June 5, at Mousehole, Mr. James Blewett, fisherman, aged 76.

Census
April 3, 1881 (aged 54 years)

1881 England - Census transcript - Grace Blewett - Household
6 Near Quay, St Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Grace BlewettheadUnm54char womanMousehole, Cornwall
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (17 years after death)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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 (17 years after death)
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Wikipedia

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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 38 years)
South Africa
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Wikipedia

Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 40 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 46 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 54 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 54 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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.
Death
between January 1885 and March 1885 (aged 58 years) Age: 57 years
Citation details: Death: Grace BLEWETT (1885), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1885%2F1%2FAZ%2F000038%2F222 : accessed 21 Sep 2020
Family with parents
father
17991875
Birth: calculated 1799Cornwall, England
Death: June 5, 1875Mousehole, Cornwall, England
mother
17981857
Birth: calculated 1798Penzance, Cornwall, England
Death: March 24, 1857Mousehole, Cornwall, England
Marriage MarriageJanuary 20, 1822Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England
3 years
elder brother
1824
Birth: about 1824 25 26 Cornwall, England
Death:
4 years
herself
18271885
Birth: 1827 28 29 Cornwall, England
Death: between January 1885 and March 1885Penzance, Cornwall, England
4 years
younger brother
1830
Birth: calculated 1830 31 32 Cornwall, England
Death:
9 years
younger sister
18381913
Birth: about 1838 39 40 Cornwall, England
Death: between July 1913 and September 1913Penzance, Cornwall, England

Descendants of Grace Blewett

  1. Generation 1
    1. Grace Blewett, daughter of James Blewett and Mary Ely, was born in 1827 in Cornwall, England and died between January 1885 and March 1885 in Penzance, Cornwall, England.

Ancestors of Grace Blewett

  1. Generation 1
    1. Grace Blewett, daughter of James Blewett and Mary Ely, was born in 1827 in Cornwall, England and died between January 1885 and March 1885 in Penzance, Cornwall, England.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. James Blewett, fisherman (in 1841), was born calculated 1799 in Cornwall, England and died on June 5, 1875 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.

    2. 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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