Georgina Brewer
ID # 8300, (1850-1903)
| Father | Unknown (--?--) |
| Mother | Tamer Brewer (1830-1893) |
| Birth | Georgina Brewer was born in 1850 at Wimborne, Dorsetshire, England. |
| Marriage | She married John Mortimer on 8 June 1871 at Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario. Mrge reg. Kingston City, Frontenac Co. John Mortimer, 38, widower, Sergt. Major of the Military School of Instruction. Church of England. Born City of Worcester, England, residing Kingston, Ont. Parents Thomas and Jane Mortimer. Georgina Brewer, 21, spinster, Church of England. Born Fording Bridge, England. Residing City of Kingston. Parents - Brewer, and Tamer Tyner. Witnesses Arthur H. Griesbach and Ann Caroline Smith, both of Kingston. On 8 June, 1871, at Kingston, Ontario, by John A. Mulock. |
| Death | She died on 5 February 1903 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario. |
| Burial | She was buried on 7 February 1903 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. |
| Note | Georgina, in her marriage registration, shows her place of birth as Fording Bridge. Perhaps. Fording Bridge, however, is in Hampshire. A look at the map shows this to be not at all far from Cranborne, Dorset, which is within the ambit of the district town of Wimborne, Dorset. FreeBMD, an index, records the birth of Georgina Brewer in the first third of the year 1850 as recorded in the District of Wimborne. The 1851 census for England shows Georgina Brewer as age 1 and as being born in Wimborne, Dorset. She appears as a 'lodger' in the home of Stephen and Mary Lush. The 1861 census for England shows Georgina Brewer as age 11 and as a boarder, again in the home of Stephen and Mary Lush. Also, and again, her place of birth is shown as Wimborne, Dorsetshire. By 1861, Tamer Brewer and her husband, James Tyner, are in Toronto. In April of 1871, Georgina Brewer is in the household of James and Tamer Tyner in Toronto. She married John Mortimer in June of the same year and shows her parents as - Brewer and Tamer Tyner. Death reg. 001403-03 Toronto, York Co. Georgina Mortimer died Feb 5, 1903. Residence Kew Beach. Widow. Born Canada (?) English Church. Physician ...illeg... Staff. Informant C. P. Reilly. Also available are images from the Mount Pleasant Cemetery burial book as assembled by the Toronto branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and Familysearch. This confirms her date of death as February 5, 1903, and her burial as February 7, 1903. This tells that her place of birth was England. She is buried in grave 1954N which was purchased by George Mortimer, her son. See notes for Georgina's mother, Tamer Brewer, for a bit more of Georgina's story. |
| Last Edited | 5 Nov 2020 |