Gabriel BLEWETT

1799 - Abt 1870  (71 years)

• Name	Gabriel BLEWETT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1799	Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England   [3]
  Baptism	1 Apr 1799	Perranuthoe
  	Day Month 01-Apr Year 1799 Parish Perranuthnoe Forename Gabriel Surname BLEWETT Sex son Father Forename Gabriel Mother Forename Ann Transcriber Diane Donohue
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1841	Madron - Penzance, Cornwall, England
  	CENSUS 1841 Name: Gabriel Blewett Age: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801 Gender: Male Where born: Cornwall, England Civil Parish: Madron Hundred: Penwith County: Cornwall Country: England Registration District: Penzance Sub-registration District: Penzance
  Residence	1851	madron cornwall, England   [3]
  	Relationship: Head CENSUS 1851 Name: Gabriel Blewett Age: 52 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Ruth Blewett Gender: Male Where born: Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England Civil Parish: Madron County: Cornwall Country: England Registrat
  Emigration	1854	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  	Gabriel b. 1799 m. Ruth Waters was a mason and was commissioned to build cottages in Melbourne 1854, soon after he immigrated to Australia. He was in partnership with another Cornishman - David Lanyon at the time. A short time later he is then recorded as
  Death	Abt 1870	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [2]
  Probate	8 Sep 1870  [6]
  Residence	Gwinear, Cornwall, England
  Burial	Hayle, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England
  Person ID	I102	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Gabriel BLEWETT,   b. 1767, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England d. Redruth Vol 5c Page 221 and County Record FP 80 1
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann VARKER,   b. 10 Oct 1767, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England d. 18 Jul 1831, Madron - Penzance, Cornwall, England (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Nov 1790	England   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth WATERS,   b. 1797, Paul, Cornwall, England d. 1874 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1824	Madron,Cornwall,England   [4, 10]
  	MARRIAGE Day Month 03-May Year 1824 Parish Madron Groom Gabriel BLEWETT Groom Residence otp residing at Penzance Groom Condition bachelor Groom Signed / Marked (S/M) S Bride Ruth WATERS Bride Residence otp residing at Penzance Bride Condition spinster Brid
  Children	1. John Waters BLEWETT,   b. 27 Mar 1825, Madron, Cornwall, England d. 18 Dec 1862, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Gabriel BLEWETT,   b. 1829, Madron - Penzance, Cornwall, England d. 22 Oct 1869, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Emma BLEWETT,   b. Abt 1832, Penzance, Cornwall, England d. 10 Oct 1883, Cornwall, United Kingdom (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Edward BLEWETT,   b. Abt 1837, Penzance, Cornwall, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Gabriel BLEWETT,   b. 1826   d. 1827 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

  
  

• Histories		ChatGPT image of Gabriel Blewett, Master Mason. ChatGPT image of Gabriel Blewett, Master Mason. He employed 10 men in the 1851 census for Penzance, Cornwall.
  		gwinear-02 Gabriel Blewett & Elizabeth Roscrow were married here.

  
  

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