Mary Emily (Tomlinson) Jewitt (1844 - 1940)

Born 1844 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Leonard Jewitt — married 25 Dec 1861 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1940 at about age 96 in Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa

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Biography

Mary (Tomlinson) Jewitt was born in Yorkshire, England.

Mary Emily was born in 1844 in Hull, Yorkshire; she was the daughter of Johan and Matilda Emma Tomplison.

She was 17 years old when she married 18-year-old Leonard Jewitt in St. Paul's, Sculcoates, York on 25 December 1861:^[1]

Name: Leonard Jewitt

Sex: Male

Age: 19

Birth Year (Estimated): 1842

Father's Name: John Jewitt

Father's Sex: Male

Spouse's Name: Mary Emily Tomlinson

Spouse's Sex: Female

Spouse's Age: 17

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1844

Spouse's Father's Name: John Tomlinson

Spouse's Father's Sex: Male

Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1861

Marriage Place: Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Marriage Place (Original): St. Paul's, Sculcoates, York, England

They had the following children:

Charles William Jewitt

Alexandra Gertrude Jewitt

Mary Emily Jewitt

Annie Jewitt

Aliwal Fredric Jewitt

John George Jewitt

Mary was 94 years old and living at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Smith Street in Durban when she passed away in Durban's Addington Hospital on 5 March 1940.^[2][3]

Death Notice of Mary Emily (Tomlison) Jewitt

She is buried with family members in Durban's West Street Cemetery:^[4][5]

Jewitt, Mary Emily

Born:

Died: 5 Mar 1940

Buried: West St Cemetery, Durban, District Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, RSA

Note: Mary Emily Jewitt Husband & Wife = Leonard & Mary Emily Jewitt & 3Rd Dau. Annie Jewitt Elizabeth Louise Jewitt : Charles William Jewitt : Leonard Jewitt Leonard Jewitt Pike : Eileen Dorothy Ann Jewitt: Aliwal FredericJewitt I.L.M. Husband Leonard Jewitt; Who Died 12 Sep.1915;Age 73Yrs Also Annie;3Rd Dau.Of Above;D 28 Sept.1920;Age 41Yrs:Also Charles William Jewitt;D 18 Dec.1941;Age 74Yrs:Ilm My Mother Mary Emily Wife Of L Jewitt;D 5 Mar.1940;Her 95 Th Yr:Also Elizabeth Louise Jewitt;D 12 Sep.1937;68Yrs:Ilm Leonard Jewitt;D Dec. 1890; 19Yrs:Also Leonard Jewitt Pike;B23 Oct.1894;D 8 Nov.1895 **Contd ***. Churchof England section. Block 28. Grave no. 16 .

Sources

1. ↑ England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN36-TJ4 : 12 March 2020), Leonard Jewitt, 1861
2. ↑ State Archives, Natal, NAB, Death Notice, MSCE, Mary Emily (Tomlinson) Jewitt, Ref 30426/1940, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS75-BSL7-D?i=754&cc=2573604&cat=229462
3. ↑ South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8GKW-RZ3Z : 10 August 2020), Mary Emily Tomlinson Jewitt, 5 Mar 1940; Death, Durban, Inanda, Natal, South Africa, The National Archives of South Africa (NARS), Pretoria; FHL microfilm
4. ↑ SA Genealogical Society Graveyard Project, Revision: 17 and before
5. ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 5 April 2022