Biography

MARY ANN TEWSLEY

Burial register ID: 5876
Surname: TEWSLEY
First name: MARY ANN
Middle names:
Gender: Female
Age: 59 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 18-Oct-1900
Date of burial: 20-Oct-1900

Block: 120
Plot: 7
Inscription:

(On the front of the monument:-)

HENRY TEWSLEY

26 DECEMBER 1879

AGED 56 YEARS

ALSO

JESSIE SOPHIA TEWSLEY

DIED 29th JAN

1898

MARY ANN TEWSLEY

DIED OCT 18th 1900

(On the right side of the monument:-)

EDWARD COLTHERD

3rd SON ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

23 MAY 1881

AGED 17 YEARS

Bio contributor: Ally McBride

Mary Ann Tewsley (c.1841-1900)

Mary Ann Coltherd married Henry Tewsley on July 31st, 1869. Mary Ann’s sister Elizabeth had been Henry’s first wife who died after childbirth, while Mary Ann had come to Dunedin to care for his large young family. They had four children, Gertrude, Ursula, Harold and Cyril. The marriage, doubtless a necessity in his circumstances, was considered irregular and unacceptable by a section of Dunedin society and Henry describes some women at church “drawing their skirts aside” as Mary Ann passed by.

Mary Ann Tewsley died on 18th October 1900 and is buried with her husband and other family members here in the Northern Cemetery.
Mary Ann Tewsley
Source: Ally McBride

There are 5 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
SCHEREK HENRIETTA THERESE 6 Months 08-Jan-1888 09-Jan-1888
TEWSLEY EDWARD COLTHERD 16 Years 23-May-1881 25-May-1881
TEWSLEY HENRY 55 Years 26-Dec-1879 31-Dec-1879
TEWSLEY JESSIE SOPHIA 43 Years 29-Jan-1898 31-Jan-1898
TEWSLEY MARY ANN 59 Years 18-Oct-1900 20-Oct-1900