Born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of William (McKeown) McEwen
and Julia (Crotch) McEwen
Brother of
Juliet Crotch McEwen, Margaret Mary (McKeown) Coker, Louisa (McKeown) Haines, Frederick Charles (McKeown) McEwen, Selina (McKeown) Scard, Gertrude (McKeown) Perry, Henry (McKeown) McEwen and Alice Maud (McKeown) Minus
Husband of
Maria Ann (Saunders) McEwen
— married
26 Jul 1886 in Lambeth, London, England
Died
at about age 40
in Southwark, London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Aug 2014
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Biography
Birth
- 1865 Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk[1]
Census
- 1881 Newington, London age 16 with parents
- 1891 Lewisham, London age 26 with wife Minnie and 2 children, traveller for oil goods
- 1901 34 Princes St, Lambeth age 36 warehouseman with wife and 3 children
Death
- 1905 Southwark
Newspaper Report
Gloucestershire Echo, Tuesday, 19 September, 1905 page 3. Out Of Work Tragedies. A verdict was returned in an inquiry at Newington on the body of William Benjamin Thomas McEwen aged 39, a house decorator, who poisoned himself. The widow stated that he was much troubled about being out of work. Before his death, he asked her forgiveness for having committed a mad act.
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XMT-1ZS : 1 October 2014), William Benjamin Thomas Mckeown, 1865; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.39%
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