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#2337, Gervase Henry Carey ELWES
| Born | 1866 in Billing, Northamptonshire |
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| Died | 1921 in Boston, USA (train accident) |
Gervase and Lady Winefride had 6 sons and a daughter.
Gervase Henry Elwes (the Carey was dropped by the family in the 1880s) was a Tenor of great distinction and it was whilst on a tour of the USA with his wife, that he was killed in an unlikely railway accident at a station in Boston. He was handing a coat which had fallen from a slow moving train to the guard when he fell between the train and the platform. He died several hours later in hospital.
His parents were Valentine Dudley Henry Carey-Elwes, b 26/11/1832, d 16/6/1909 and Alice Geraldine Ward, b 1844, d 1907. They had married in 1865.
Timeline
Born
Married Winefride Mary Elizabeth FEILDING in Kensington, London
Birth of Son, Richard Everard Augustine ELWES
Birth of Son, Simon Edmund Vincent Paul ELWES
Birth of Daughter, Clare Mary Alice ELWES
Died 1921