Born in Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ralph Cawood
and Elizabeth (Dobson) Cawood
Sister of
Henry Ralph Cawood, Joshua Robert Cawood, Johanna Elizabeth (Cawood) Geyer, Edward William Cawood, Herbert Cawood [half], Frank Cawood [half], Agnes (Cawood) Collen [half], George Cawood [half], Ralph David Cawood [half], Allen Alcock Cawood [half], Joshua Cawood [half], Harriet Georgina Cawood [half], William Cawood [half], Charles Cawood [half], Alfred Edwin Cawood [half], Ernest Cawood [half] and Alice Dove Cawood [half]
Wife of
Edward George Curlewis Tucker
— married
28 May 1878 in Hopetown, Cape Colony
Mother of
Elizabeth (Tucker) Ritchie, Harriet Gertrude Violet (Tucker) Matthews, Claude Edward Tucker and Edith Winifred (Tucker) Grandin
Died
at age 63
in Durban, Natal, South Africa
Profile last modified
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Biography
Mary Ellen was born in the Cape Colony on 10 October 1859; she was the daughter of Ralph Cawood and Elizabeth (Dobson) Cawood.
She was 18 years old and resident at Albania, Griqualand, when she married 23 mercantile clerk Edward George Curlewis Tucker of Kimberley in a private residence in Hopetown, Cape Colony, in 1878.[1]
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| Marriage of Edward George Curlewis Tacker to Mary Ellen Cawood |
Mary was 64 years old when she passed away in her home at 23 Botanic Gardens Road, Durban on 4 April 1923.[2]
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| Death Certificate of Mary Ellen (Cawood) Tucker |
She is buried in the West Street Cemetery in Durban with the rest of her family.[3][4]
- Buried: West St Cemetery, Durban, District Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, RSA
- Note: Edward G C Tucker Husb.& Wife = Edward G C & Mary Helen Tucker Child = Catherine Grace Tucker Leslie Edward; Twin SonOf S J & H W Reynolds Of Johannesburg. Edward G C Tucker;D 25 Dec.1917; 73Yrs And Mary Helen Tucker; Wife Of Above; D 4 April 1923;Age 64Yrs In Loving Memory Of Catherine Grace;Youngest Child Of E G C& M Tucker;D 8 July 1900; 2Yrs 4 Mo. And Leslie Edward; Twin Son Of S J & H M Reynolds Of Johannesburg; D 4 Jan 1900; Aged 9 Months.. General section. Block 11. Grave no. 26 .
Sources
- ↑ Civil Registrations (Marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-43GJ-J?i=756&cat=244034
- ↑ South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6P-HW2Y : 23 January 2019), Mary Helen Tucker, 4 Apr 1923; Death, Durban, Ellisras, Transvaal, South Africa, The National Archives of South Africa (NARS), Pretoria; FHL microfilm 2,101,124
- ↑ SA Genealogical Society Graveyard Project, Revision: 17 and before
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 7 July 2020
- Bruce Deary created WikiTree profile INDI @I6000000007049118035@ through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Jul 11, 2013.
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