Richard Blewett, 1830–
- Name
- Richard /Blewett/
- Given names
- Richard
- Surname
- Blewett
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Birth
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Text: ABT 1831 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288139 : accessed 19 Sep 2015
Source: Cornwall Baptisms Transcription
Citation details: Baptism: Richard BLEWETT (1830), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F950533898%2F1 : accessed 21 Sep 2020 |
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Baptism
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Source: Cornwall Baptisms Transcription
Citation details: Baptism: Richard BLEWETT (1830), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F950533898%2F1 : accessed 21 Sep 2020 Text: Father: James Blewett |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Census
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Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0004288139 : accessed 19 Sep 2015 1841 England - Census transcript - James Blewett - Household
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Town founded
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Census
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Citation details: Census: Richard BLEWETT in Richard HARVEY and crew (1851), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1851/0009658665 : accessed 21 Sep 2020 |
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Death of a mother
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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 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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War
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Source citation: 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. |
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Economic Event
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Death of a father
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Source: Cornish Telegraph
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. |
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War
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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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Death of a sister
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Citation details: Death: Grace BLEWETT (1885), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1885%2F1%2FAZ%2F000038%2F222 : accessed 21 Sep 2020 |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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War
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Historical Event
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: 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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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Death of a sister
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Citation details: Death: Polly BLEWETT (1913), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1913%2F3%2FAZ%2F000077%2F061 : accessed 21 Sep 2020 |
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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Prime minister
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Prime minister
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
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Prime minister
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Prime minister
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Death
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| father |
1799–1875
Birth: calculated 1799
— Cornwall, England Death: June 5, 1875 — Mousehole, Cornwall, England |
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| mother | |
| Marriage | Marriage — January 20, 1822 — Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England |
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3 years
elder brother |
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4 years
elder sister |
1827–1885
Birth: 1827
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29
— Cornwall, England Death: between January 1885 and March 1885 — Penzance, Cornwall, England |
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4 years
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9 years
younger sister |
1838–1913
Birth: about 1838
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— Cornwall, England Death: between July 1913 and September 1913 — Penzance, Cornwall, England |
Descendants of Richard Blewett
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Generation 1
Richard Blewett, son of James Blewett and Mary Ely, was born calculated 1830 in Cornwall, England.
Ancestors of Richard Blewett
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Generation 1
Richard Blewett, son of James Blewett and Mary Ely, was born calculated 1830 in Cornwall, England.
Generation 2 back to topJames Blewett, fisherman (in 1841), was born calculated 1799 in Cornwall, England and died on June 5, 1875 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.
Mary Ely was born calculated 1798 in Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, England and died on March 24, 1857 in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.
2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
