Arthur Edward Godfrey Blewett (1865-1923)
Personal details
Gender:
Male
Notes:
Arthur was the only surviving child of Grace and Gabriel Blewett, orphaned at the age of four. He must have been taken in by his aunt, Catherine Clay, as death notices for the Clay family describe him as a child of the family, and his own death notice starts 'BLEWETT (Clay)'. Arthur was a musician, as was his son. Latterly he was a clicker.
Relationships
Marriage date:
26 March 1890
Place:
Notes:
Daniel Clay, one of the witnesses, was Arthur's uncle (his mother Grace's brother-in-law), who raised Arthur after his parent's death.
References:
Birth
Date:
15 March 1865
Notes:
The name Godfrey presumably comes from one of the witnesses at Grace and Gabriel’s remarriage in 1865, William John Godfrey.
Death
Date:
18 March 1923
Place:
Notes:
VIC BDM death certificate 1154/1923. Arthur died in the same year as his father Daniel Clay (described as his son in Daniel's death notice) and brother Ernest Clay (described as Ernest's brother in Ernest's death notice).
References:
Probate
Date:
8 May 1923
Notes:
Arthur owned 100 £1 shares in the Wattle Path Palais de Danse Cafe. View a booklet produced to commemorate the opening of Wattle Path in 1922 (Monash Collections Online). View footage of patrons entering Wattle Path c.1925 (NFSA Australia).
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