Mary Louisa Alice Ashworth

1859 - 1914  (55 years)

• Name	Mary Louisa Alice Ashworth  [1]
  Birth	3 Apr 1859	Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1861	Dukinfield, Cheshire, England   [2]
  		1861 UK Census, Dukinfield, Cheshire, England p. 19
  Immigration	30 Dec 1867	New York City, New York Co., New York, USA   [3]
  		Helvetia passenger list Departed Liverpool via Queenstown. Arrived at New York on 30 Dec 1867.
  Census	1870	Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [4]
  		1870 U.S. census, Township 5 Range 4, Perry Co., Illinois, USA p. 264B
  Death	29 Jul 1914	Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [1]
  Obituary	7 Aug 1914	Sparta, Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [5]
  	Mrs. Blair Dead Mrs. J. Renwick Blair, a well known citizen of Six Mile Prairie, died July 29, at the age of 55 years. The funeral was held at the church at Culter on Friday, July 31, and the interment was at Cutler cemetery. Her husband and one son, Howard, reside at Mt. Vernon, Ill., and one daughter, Mrs E. S. Dochterman, of Houston, Texas, survive. Mr. Blair will leave the farm and make his home with his son at Mt. Vernon. Louise Ashworth was born near Ashton-Under-Lynn, England, April 3, 1859, and died July 29, 1914, aged 55 years, 3 months, and 26 days. Her father died when she was five years old . She came to this country with her mother when she was nine years old and grew up in the neighborhood of Cutler. She was united in marriage with J. Renwick Blair Feb 5, 1884. She has been a member of the Cutler United Presbyterian chruch since early womanhood, also a member of the Ladies Missionary Society and the W.C.T.U., and took great interst in church, missionary and temperance work, but was hapmpered in her activities of late years by deafness which was a great regret to her. While interested in this work her first concern was always for the welfare of her own family. The funeral services were held at the U.P. church, Cutler, Friday afternoon, July 31st, conducted by her pastor, Rev. R. H. Barr.
  Burial	Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [5]
  		Headstone of J. Renwick Blair and Louisa Ashworth Blair
  Person ID	I2030	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward Ashworth,   b. 1835, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire, England d. Jan 1864, Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Anderson,   b. Abt. 1838   d. 23 Jan 1881, Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1858	Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Renwick Blair,   b. 26 Nov 1847, Illinois, USA d. 19 Feb 1934, Piatt Col, Illinois, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  Children	1. Howard Ashworth Blair   2. Estella S. Blair
  Family ID	F842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Apr 1859 - Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England Census - 1861 - Dukinfield, Cheshire, England Immigration - 30 Dec 1867 - New York City, New York Co., New York, USA Census - 1870 - Perry Co., Illinois, USA Death - 29 Jul 1914 - Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA Obituary - Mrs. Blair Dead Mrs. J. Renwick Blair, a well known citizen of Six Mile Prairie, died July 29, at the age of 55 years. The funeral was held at the church at Culter on Friday, July 31, and the interment was at Cutler cemetery. Her husband and one son, Howard, reside at Mt. Vernon, Ill., and one daughter, Mrs E. S. Dochterman, of Houston, Texas, survive. Mr. Blair will leave the farm and make his home with his son at Mt. Vernon. Louise Ashworth was born near Ashton-Under-Lynn, England, April 3, 1859, and died July 29, 1914, aged 55 years, 3 months, and 26 days. Her father died when she was five years old . She came to this country with her mother when she was nine years old and grew up in the neighborhood of Cutler. She was united in marriage with J. Renwick Blair Feb 5, 1884. She has been a member of the Cutler United Presbyterian chruch since early womanhood, also a member of the Ladies Missionary Society and the W.C.T.U., and took great interst in church, missionary and temperance work, but was hapmpered in her activities of late years by deafness which was a great regret to her. While interested in this work her first concern was always for the welfare of her own family. The funeral services were held at the U.P. church, Cutler, Friday afternoon, July 31st, conducted by her pastor, Rev. R. H. Barr. - 7 Aug 1914 - Sparta, Perry Co., Illinois, USA Burial - - Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S225] Alexander McKee Family, (RootsWeb), 3 Nov 2014, Mary Jane (Anderson) Ashworth McKee Carswell. [S228] Ancestry.com, 1861 England census, 04 Nov 2014, Dukinfield, Enumeration District [ED] 10, p. 19, family 111, Edward Ashworth; digital images. [S363] New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (Ancestry.com), 3 Nov 2014, entry for Agnes Anderson and family, arrived 30 Dec 1867 on the Helvetia. [S414] Ancestry.com, 1870 U.S. census, 4 Nov 2014, p. 4. [S748] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave, Inc.), 4 Nov 2014, entry for gravestone of Mary Louisa Alice Ashworth Blair (1859-1914).