Emma Elizabeth (Dunstone) Avery (abt. 1837 - 1915)

Born about 1837 in Rame, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Henry Chase — married 13 Dec 1855 in East Stonehouse Registration District, Devon, England

Wife of John Dunstone Avery — married 29 Jul 1860 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1915 at about age 78 in Kingsand, Cornwall, England

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Biography

Emma Elizabeth Dunstone was born to John Dunstone and Ann (Coombs) Dunstone and baptised on 4 June 1837 in Rame, Cornwall, England. ^[1]
1837 Invention of the postage stamp
1837 Morse invents the telegraph
1837 William IV dies, accession to throne of Queen Victoria
1839 Chartist Riots
1839 Invention of daguerrotype photography
1840 Penny Post introduced
She is still living with her parents in Garret Street, Cawsand on the 1841 census, ^[2]
1841 Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister
1844 Outdoor Relief Prohibition Order - parish relief had to be in a workhouse
1845-1849 Irish Potato Famine kills more than a million people
1845 Sewing machine invented
1846 Anaesthetic used for the first time in England
1847 Ten Hours Act shortens factory work day to ten hours for women and children
1847 Antiseptics invented
1849 Hunt invents the safety pin
1851 Singer invents sewing machine
1851 census: living with cousin Elizabeth OLIVER in Duck Street, Cawsand; age 14^[3]
1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition
1854 Crimean War

On 13 December 1855, Emma married Charles Henry Chase in the East Stonehouse Registration District of Devon. ^[4][5] She was 19, he was 25 and a seaman on HMS Meander. It is not (yet) known what happened to this marriage, because...

1857 Divorce Courts created
- did Emma take advantage of this? or was her husband killed at sea?

On 29 July 1860 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, Emma married John Dunstone Avery, her cousin.^[6] On her marriage certificate she gives her surname as Chase, states she is a spinster (!), and names John Chase as her father. The couple had Jane Ann, Bessey, John, William, George, Emma, Edgar, and Laura (who died age 13). Her second husband worked as a rigger in the dockyard.

1861 Prince Albert dies of typhoid
1861 census - cannot find Emma Elizabeth AVERY
1861 American Civil War begins
1861: Daughter born: Jane Ann
1862 Gatling patents the machine gun
1863: Daughter born: Bessey
1865: Son born: John Henry Francis
1865 Slavery abolished in USA
1866 Nobel invents dynamite
1868 Traffic lights invented
1868 Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
1868: Son born: William Henry
1870: Son born: George
1870 Primary education becomes compulsory
1871 Census: living with husband/children in Maker, Cornwall; age 34 ^[7]
1873 Joseph Gliddon invents barbed wire
1874: Daughter born: Emma Maud
1874 Factory Act introduced
1874 Disraeli becomes Prime Minister for the second time
1875 Submarine invented
1876 Bell invents the telephone
1876 Edison invents the phonograph
1877 Boer Wars
1877: Son born: Edgar Edwin C
1878 Edison invents electric lamp
1879: Daughter born: Laura Melinda
1880 Education Act - schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
1881 Census: living Lower Green, Maker with husband/children; age 43 ^[8]
1884 Charles Parson patents the steam turbine
1884 Carl Benz builds single-cylinder motor car
1886 Gottleib Daimler builds the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle
1886 Gladstone resigns as British Prime Minister
1887 Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
1887 Berliner invents the gramophone
1887 Hertz invents radar
1888 Dunlop patents pneumatic tyre
1889 Eiffel Tower built
1889 Cordite invented
In 1889, Emma was admitted to Bodmin Lunatic Asylum. ^[9] It was noted that her last birth was nine years ago, but that this 'attack' started 8 years ago, although no connection was made. Although she is described as violent, all they gave her were tonics! and described how 'her bedroom was all in disorder'. She is described as 'fairly well educated for her station in life'. In the 1891 census John claimed to be a widower, although Emma was not dead.^[10]
1892 Electric oven invented
1892: Death of child: Laura Melinda age 14
1892 Shop Hours Act limits 74 hours per week for under 18s
1893 Zip fastener invented
1895 Gillette invents safety razor
1895 Rontgen discovers x-rays
1896 Discharged from Bodmin Lunatic Asylum
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1898 First photograph using artificial light
1899 Johnson patents the bicycle frame
1899 Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner
1899 Second Boer War
1899 Aspirin invented
1900 Zeppelin invented
Husband John entered the Asylum in 1900 after a head injury which made him violent. ^[11] Emma went to live with daughter Emma Maud and son-in-law Samuel Haywood - but she did not describe herself as a widow!
1901 First successful radio transmission
1901 Queen Victoria dies - Edward VII becomes king
1901 Census: lvg w Samuel M & Emma Haywood at 32 West Street, Millbrook on own means; age 64 ^[12]
1902 Lie detector invented
1902 Neon light invented
1902 Birth of the teddy bear
1903 Crayons invented
1903 Wright Brothers invent first gas-motor and manned airplane
1903 Death of husband John Dunstone AVERY of nephritis in Bodmin Lunatic Asylum
1904 Tractor invented
1904 Teabags invented
1906 Kellogg invents cornflakes
1907 Bakelite invented
1907 Colour photography invented
1908 Cellophane invented
1909 Instant coffee invented
1910 Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture
1910 George V becomes king on the death of his father
1911 Census: lvg w widowed daughter Jane Lomas in Maker, Cornwall, age 73^[13]
1911-1912 Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers
1912 SS Titanic sinks
1912 First tank patented by Australian
1913 Panama Canal opened
1913 Jacobs invents the bra
1913 Crossword puzzle invented
1914-1918 World War One
1914 Gas mask invented
1915 Pyrex invented
Emma died on 21 April 1915 in Kingsand, Cornwall, of fibroid disease of the heart and dropsy, aged 78.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Parish baptism register (Rame)
2. ↑ 1841 UK census
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG2P-846 : 21 October 2017), Emma Dunstone in household of Elizabeth Oliver, Rame, Cornwall, England; citing Rame, Cornwall, England, p. 15, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ UK marriage registration: East Stonehouse, Volume 5b, Page 513, December quarter 1855
5. ↑ Parish marriage register via findmypast
6. ↑ Marriage certificate held by Ros Haywood
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFJW-DVY : 11 December 2017), Emma E Avery in entry for John D Avery, 1871.
8. ↑ 1881 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1881"
   citing p. 31, Piece/Folio 2279/73, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,192.
   FamilySearch Record: Q27H-6QM8 (accessed 25 November 2022)
   FindMyPast Image
   Emma Avery (43), wife, in household of John Avery (46) in Maker in St Germans registration district in Cornwall, England. Born in Cornwall, England.
9. ↑ Patient records of E.E.Avery held by Ros Haywood
10. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 England Census"
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 1806; Folio: 58; Page: 5; GSU roll: 6096916
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 6598 #24424145 (accessed 25 November 2022)
    Emma Avery (16) daughter in household of John Avery (56) in Kingsand, Maker in St Germans registration district in Cornwall, England. Born in Kingsand, Cornwall, England.
11. ↑ Patient records of J.D.Avery held by Ros Haywood
12. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSHW-445 : 21 May 2019), Emma E Avery in household of Samuel M Haywood, Millbrook, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Antony subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
13. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7L2-GYY : 21 December 2018), Avery in household of Lomas, Maker, Kingsand, Cornwall, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
14. ↑ Death certificate held by Ros Haywood

Acknowledgments

Entered by Ros Haywood, May 28, 2011