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Frances Melbourne “Fanny” <I>Talbot</I> Ewart

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Frances Melbourne “Fanny” Talbot Ewart

Birth
Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
6 Nov 1913 (aged 76)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6288542, Longitude: -71.29082
Plot
Washington Ave. ADJ 1705
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Frances was the firstborn child of Charles Potts Talbot, Jr. and Harriet Eliza Rogers. Her early years were spent in Billerica, where her father and uncle Thomas were engaged in the formation of a manufacturing concern now known as Talbot Mill. At about age 10, Frances moved with her family to Lowell, where her father began a separate business known as C. P. Talbot Dyewoods and Chemical.

Frances' remained at home with her parents until her marriage, at the age of 37, to RIchard Hooker Ewart, the son of William Ewart, M. P. and linen manufacturer of Belfast. RIchard and his brother James lived in New York City, acting as agents for the family linen business. RIchard and Fannie only child, Talbot Ewart, was born in Manhattan in 1878.

In 1884 Fannie was joined in New York City by a younger cousin, Katherina Kingsley Talbot, who had recently married Richard's brother James Mathewson Ewart, in Lowell. Frances and Katherina lived in New York City but traveled often to Belfast to be with their Ewart relations. RIchard's father William, an M. P. and a Mayor of Belfast and in 1887 was created Baronet Glenbank and Glenmachen. This title would eventually be held by Richard and Frances' son, Talbot Ewart, 5th Baronet Glenbank and Glenmachen.

Talbot Ewart graduated with a law degree from Harvard in 1901. He continued to reside with his parents on 56th Street until his marriage, at the age of 34, to Sydney Henop. The ceremony took place at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Scarborough on Hudson, in April of 1913.

Frances Melbourne Talbot Ewart died in November of 1913 at her home on 3 West 56th Street. Funeral services were held in this NY residence and also at the Talbot home at 142 Chestnut Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. She was laid to rest in the family plot in Lowell Cemetery. Her husband joined her there in 1918.

When Talbot Ewart became 5th Baronet, Glenmachen in 1939, he activley engaged in the charitable concerns of the Ewart family of Belfast while continuing to reside and practice law in New York City.

Fannie's younger cousin, Katherina, resided in Northern Ireland during the war years and organized a group of American Red Cross volunteers. Katherina was written up in the papers when she met with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during a visit to the American Red Cross canteen in Belfast.

When Sir Talbot Ewart's wife, Lady Sydney Henop Ewart, died in 1958, her husband had a mausoleum built for her in Lowell Cemetery. He died, age 80, in 1959.

Note: Talbot and Sydney Henop Ewart having no children, the title of Baronet of Glenmachen House was passed on to a cousin, Sir William Ivan Cecil Ewart, a veteran of the war and a decorated Northern Ireland Naval officer.
Frances was the firstborn child of Charles Potts Talbot, Jr. and Harriet Eliza Rogers. Her early years were spent in Billerica, where her father and uncle Thomas were engaged in the formation of a manufacturing concern now known as Talbot Mill. At about age 10, Frances moved with her family to Lowell, where her father began a separate business known as C. P. Talbot Dyewoods and Chemical.

Frances' remained at home with her parents until her marriage, at the age of 37, to RIchard Hooker Ewart, the son of William Ewart, M. P. and linen manufacturer of Belfast. RIchard and his brother James lived in New York City, acting as agents for the family linen business. RIchard and Fannie only child, Talbot Ewart, was born in Manhattan in 1878.

In 1884 Fannie was joined in New York City by a younger cousin, Katherina Kingsley Talbot, who had recently married Richard's brother James Mathewson Ewart, in Lowell. Frances and Katherina lived in New York City but traveled often to Belfast to be with their Ewart relations. RIchard's father William, an M. P. and a Mayor of Belfast and in 1887 was created Baronet Glenbank and Glenmachen. This title would eventually be held by Richard and Frances' son, Talbot Ewart, 5th Baronet Glenbank and Glenmachen.

Talbot Ewart graduated with a law degree from Harvard in 1901. He continued to reside with his parents on 56th Street until his marriage, at the age of 34, to Sydney Henop. The ceremony took place at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Scarborough on Hudson, in April of 1913.

Frances Melbourne Talbot Ewart died in November of 1913 at her home on 3 West 56th Street. Funeral services were held in this NY residence and also at the Talbot home at 142 Chestnut Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. She was laid to rest in the family plot in Lowell Cemetery. Her husband joined her there in 1918.

When Talbot Ewart became 5th Baronet, Glenmachen in 1939, he activley engaged in the charitable concerns of the Ewart family of Belfast while continuing to reside and practice law in New York City.

Fannie's younger cousin, Katherina, resided in Northern Ireland during the war years and organized a group of American Red Cross volunteers. Katherina was written up in the papers when she met with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during a visit to the American Red Cross canteen in Belfast.

When Sir Talbot Ewart's wife, Lady Sydney Henop Ewart, died in 1958, her husband had a mausoleum built for her in Lowell Cemetery. He died, age 80, in 1959.

Note: Talbot and Sydney Henop Ewart having no children, the title of Baronet of Glenmachen House was passed on to a cousin, Sir William Ivan Cecil Ewart, a veteran of the war and a decorated Northern Ireland Naval officer.


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