Gertrude Emma Blewett (1869-1955)
Personal details
Gender:
Female
Notes:
Gertrude Emma Blewett married John Arthur Garrod (1870-1960) in Boston, Massachusetts, 17 April 1901. John, a construction superintendent in the building trade, was a lodger in the house of Gertrude's father Edward Blewett in the 1900 US census. Gertrude and John were married by Gertrude's father Edward Blewett. Gertrude and John had three children, John Edward Garrod (1902-1979), Constance Mary Garrod (1906-1950) and Ruth Frances Garrod (1911-1994). Sources: FamilySearch, Ancestry and personal communication, Pamela Blewett Sanborn.
Birth
Date:
30 January 1869
Place:
Notes:
GRO Reference: 1869 M Quarter in WESTBURY & WHORWELLSDOWN Volume 05A Page 150. Personal communication, Pamela Blewett Sanborn.
England & Wales Census 1871
Date:
2 April 1871
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England & Wales Census 1881
Date:
3 April 1881
England & Wales Census 1891
Date:
5 April 1891
Immigration
Date:
1893
Place:
Notes:
Elizabeth Blewett, along with her daughter Gertrude, 24, and son Howard, 17, immigrated to Massachusetts in 1893 to join Edward Blewett, who had immigrated the previous year. They came with six pieces of baggage.
United States Census 1900
Date:
3 June 1900
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Notes:
Within a year of the 1900 census being taken Gertrude Blewett and Howard Blewett married John Garrod and Ada York, lodgers in their parents' household.
References:
United States Census 1910
Date:
18 April 1910
Place:
Notes:
Edward and Elizabeth Blewett were living in the household of their married daughter Gertrude.
Death
Date:
24 May 1955
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Notes:
Can't remember where I found this.
GARROD In Somerville, May 24, Gertrude (Blewett), wife of J Arthur Garrod, of 35 Powder House terrace, Somerville: mother of Mrs Ruth L Kirkpatrick, South Hadley; John E Garrod, Wellesley Hills; sister of Howard B Blewett, Gulfport, Fla. Service in the West Somerville Baptist Church, 35 College ave, Somerville, Friday, May 27, at 2pm. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Please omit flowers.Death notice, Boston Herald, 26 May 1955, p.30.
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