See also

Family of William Edward Ayerst and Mary Read Tennant

Additional Information

  • Marriage:

  • Marriage also registered at Marylebone in 1865

Husband: William Edward Ayerst

  • Name:

  • William Edward Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Francis Ayerst (1780-1829)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Ann Smith (c. 1791-1831)

  • Note:

  • AYERST William Edward, 20 October 1890. The Will of William Edward Ayerst late of 51 Linden Gardens Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex Surgeon who died 24 September 1890 at 51 Linden Gardens was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Read Ayerst of 51 Linden Gardens Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £3,321 5s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 1823

  • Brompton, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Apr 1823 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 47-48)

  • Surgeon, 20 Holles Street, Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Death fact:

  • 1890 (age 66-67)

  • GRO Reference: 1890 S Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 107 (aged 67)

  • Death:

  • 24 Sep 1890 (age 66-67)

  • 51 Linden Gardens, Notting Hill, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 29 Sep 1890

  • Brompton Cemetery, London (aged 67)

Wife: Mary Read Tennant

  • Name:

  • Mary Read Tennant

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • AYERST Mary Read of 22 Bloomfield Road Middlesex widow died 23 August 1897 at Prospect House Sandgate Kent. Administration London 13 October to Annette Minnie Netherton (wife ot Lewis Richard Netherton) and Eva Cowell (wife of George Cowell). Effects £2818 2s. 1d.

  • Birth:

  • 18 Aug 1833

  • Dum Dum, Bengal, India

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Oct 1833 (age 0)

  • Dum Dum, Bengal, India

  • Death fact:

  • 1897 (age 63-64)

  • GRO Reference: 1897 S Quarter in ELHAM Volume 02A Page 640 (aged 64, Mary Ayerst)

  • Death:

  • 23 Aug 1897 (age 64)

  • Prospect House, Sandgate, Kent

Additional Information

  • Baptism:

  • Parents James & Elizabeth

Child 1: Annette Minnie Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Annette Minnie Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Lewis Richard Netherton (1849-1902)

  • Note:

  • NETHERTON Annette Minnie of Bowden House Stoke Fleming Dartmouth Devonshire widow died 4 July 1929. Probate London 26 July to Eva Cowell (wife of George Cowell). Effects £1959 12s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 6 Mar 1867

  • Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Apr 1867 (age 0)

  • St Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1867 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1867 M Quarter in MARYLEBONE Volume 01A Page 462

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 3-4)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1901 (age 33-34)

  • Wife in household

  • Death fact:

  • 1929 (age 61-62)

  • GRO Reference: 1929 S Quarter in KINGSBRIDGE Volume 05B Page 215 (aged 62)

  • Death:

  • 4 Jul 1929 (age 62)

  • Bowden House, Stoke Fleming, Devon

Child 2: Eva Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Eva Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • George James Cowell (1861-1933)

  • Note 1:

  • As Eva Ayerst, she was born at Marylebone, London on 10 April 1868, daughter of William Edward Ayerst (1820-1890), a surgeon, and his wife Mary Read née Tennant. who married at Marylebone, London in 1865. In 1881, a 13 year old, living at Ulcombe Street, Ulcombe, Kent with her parents, 57 year old William, born Chatham, Kent and 47 year old Mary, born in India, and her 14 year old sister Annette and they kept nine indoor servants. Eva married in 1897, sculptor George James Cowell, and painted under the name of Eva Cowell. A portrait painter, who exhibited at Liverpool Walker Art Gallery; New Gallery; Royal Society of Portrait Painters; Royal Academy and the Society of Women Artists, in 1897 from Maida Vale, London, in 1901 from Saxmundham, in 1911 Leiston and in 1926 from Aldeburgh, all in Suffolk. In 1899 as Mrs [Eva] Cowell she exhibited at the Ipswich Fine Art Club in 1899, a pastel 'Miss Eleanor Heywood' and in 1901 she exhibited from Saxmundham, at the New Gallery in Regent's Street, London a portrait 'Countess of Wilton' and in 1904 at the Society of Women Artists, a crayon 'Vera, daughter of Hon. Fitzroy Stewart'. In 1939, a widow, living at apartments at 52 Lee Road, Aldeburgh. Living at Conway, Marshall Lane, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire when she died at Gerrards Cross Hospital on 17 April 1941, aged 73.

    Source: Suffolk Artists, https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=176

  • Note 2:

  • COWELL Eva of Conway Marshall Lane Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire widow died 17 April 1941 at The Chalfont and Gerrards Cross Hospital Buckinghamshire. Probate Ipswich 10 July to Samuel Clement Taylor Gooding bank manager. Effects £458 17s. 10d.

  • Birth:

  • 10 Apr 1868

  • Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 26 May 1868 (age 0)

  • St Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1868 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1868 J Quarter in MARYLEBONE Volume 01A Page 474

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 2-3)

  • Living with parents

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 70-71)

  • Independent, 52 Lee Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk (widow)

  • Death fact:

  • 1941 (age 72-73)

  • GRO Reference: 1941 J Quarter in AMERSHAM Volume 03A Page 2088 (aged 73)

  • Death:

  • 17 Apr 1941 (age 73)

  • Chalfont & Gerrards Cross Hospital, Buckinghamshire

Note on Husband: William Edward Ayerst

AYERST William Edward, 20 October 1890. The Will of William Edward Ayerst late of 51 Linden Gardens Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex Surgeon who died 24 September 1890 at 51 Linden Gardens was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Read Ayerst of 51 Linden Gardens Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £3,321 5s. 8d.

Note on Wife: Mary Read Tennant

AYERST Mary Read of 22 Bloomfield Road Middlesex widow died 23 August 1897 at Prospect House Sandgate Kent. Administration London 13 October to Annette Minnie Netherton (wife ot Lewis Richard Netherton) and Eva Cowell (wife of George Cowell). Effects £2818 2s. 1d.

Note on Child 1: Annette Minnie Ayerst

NETHERTON Annette Minnie of Bowden House Stoke Fleming Dartmouth Devonshire widow died 4 July 1929. Probate London 26 July to Eva Cowell (wife of George Cowell). Effects £1959 12s. 8d.

Note on Child 2: Eva Ayerst (1)

As Eva Ayerst, she was born at Marylebone, London on 10 April 1868, daughter of William Edward Ayerst (1820-1890), a surgeon, and his wife Mary Read née Tennant. who married at Marylebone, London in 1865. In 1881, a 13 year old, living at Ulcombe Street, Ulcombe, Kent with her parents, 57 year old William, born Chatham, Kent and 47 year old Mary, born in India, and her 14 year old sister Annette and they kept nine indoor servants. Eva married in 1897, sculptor George James Cowell, and painted under the name of Eva Cowell. A portrait painter, who exhibited at Liverpool Walker Art Gallery; New Gallery; Royal Society of Portrait Painters; Royal Academy and the Society of Women Artists, in 1897 from Maida Vale, London, in 1901 from Saxmundham, in 1911 Leiston and in 1926 from Aldeburgh, all in Suffolk. In 1899 as Mrs [Eva] Cowell she exhibited at the Ipswich Fine Art Club in 1899, a pastel 'Miss Eleanor Heywood' and in 1901 she exhibited from Saxmundham, at the New Gallery in Regent's Street, London a portrait 'Countess of Wilton' and in 1904 at the Society of Women Artists, a crayon 'Vera, daughter of Hon. Fitzroy Stewart'. In 1939, a widow, living at apartments at 52 Lee Road, Aldeburgh. Living at Conway, Marshall Lane, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire when she died at Gerrards Cross Hospital on 17 April 1941, aged 73.

Source: Suffolk Artists, https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=176

Note on Child 2: Eva Ayerst (2)

COWELL Eva of Conway Marshall Lane Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire widow died 17 April 1941 at The Chalfont and Gerrards Cross Hospital Buckinghamshire. Probate Ipswich 10 July to Samuel Clement Taylor Gooding bank manager. Effects £458 17s. 10d.