See also
1 Sidney Patrick Charles CUNLIFFE-OWEN1 (1904- ) [11903]. Born 16 Oct 1904, Curragle, Ireland.1
2 Charles CUNLIFFE-OWEN1 (1863- ) [11902]. Born 20 Nov 1863, Woolrich, Kent, England.1 Marr Hildegard Clotilde Louise EVERETT 21 Dec 1901, London, England.1
3 Hildegard Clotilde Louise EVERETT1 (1877- ) [11901]. Born 30 Nov 1877, United States Legation, Berlin, Germany.1
From the New York Times.
August 25, 1901 - "One of the international marriages of the future will be that of Miss Everett, the daughter of the late Sidney Everett of Boston, and Major Cuncliffe Owen of England. Mess Everett is a sister of Leo Everett, who married Miss Mills, and who, with his wife, lives in New York, and the late Sidney Everett. Major Cunliff Owen is a nephew of the late Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen, who was President of the South Kensington Museum, and the son of the late Major Owen, who for many years after his return from brilliant military services was stationed at Woolwich."
[Of the several articles on this marriage, here is one that got it right, though even this one is a little confusing, since they refer to Hilda's brother and father both as the late Sidney Everett.]
From the Boston Journal.
January 18, 1903 - "BOSTON WOMAN TELLS OF THE PRIVATIONS SUFFERED ON BOARD.
Major C. Cunliffe Owen and Mrs. Owen, who was Miss Hilda Everett of Boston before her marriage to the British army officer two years ago, were passengers on the St. Louis, and of their experiences Mrs. Owen said:
"It was due to my being patriotic enough to wish to travel on a ship flying the American flag that got us on this vessel. We were secured as passengers under strictly false pretences. Major Owen has nut a short leave of absence and we wanted to make good time across. We were assured that the St. Louis was in splendid condition and that she would arrive at her pier last Sunday evening.
"As a matter of fact, while the ship's officers did everything for us, we had a trying time of it.
"Rations were cut in half, we were allowed but little water for washing, the running water in the rooms being shut off and the stewards bringing the precious fluid up in pails to the staterooms and we were simply crawling along.
"We were told that something was the matter with the ship's boilers and that she was unsafe, but we thought we knew the London officials of the company sufficiently not to be mislead by them. It turns out we were knowingly misinformed.".
6 Henry Sidney EVERETT1,2 (1834-1898) [11772]. Born 31 Dec 1834.1 Marr Katharine FAY 26 Jun 1866, Boston, MA.3 Died 4 Oct 1898, Bournemouth, England.1,4
This short bio of Henry Sidney Everett is from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1899. This reports that he was born in Charleston, MA. Contrary to the previous source, this says he died in Brighton, England rather than Bournemouth.
"EVERETT, Henry Sidney, engineer and diplomat, was born in Charlestown, Mass., Dec 32, 1834, second son of Edward and Charlotte Gray (Brooks) Everett. He was graduated A.B. at Harvard College in 1855 and A.M. in 1862; studied engineering at the Lawrence Scientific School, and in Paris; was for a short time, in 1865, on the staff of Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton. In 1877 he was appointed secretary of the U.S. legion to Prussia, but resigned in 1884, having four times acted as charge d'affaires during vacancies in the legation. He was chief of the diplomatic bureau in the department of state (1885-89), and was also actively interested in the charitable organizations of the city of Washington, D.C. He died at Brighton, England, Oct 4, 1898.".
7 Katharine FAY1,2,3 (1837-1913) [11771]. Born 10 Jun 1837, Boston, MA.1,3 Died 22 Apr 1913.1,4
14 Richard Sullivan FAY1,5 (1806-1865) [9918]. Born 15 Jun 1806, Cambridge, MA.1,5,6 Marr Catharine Saunders PICKMAN 30 May 1832.6 Died 8 Jul 1865, Liverpool, England.1,6,7
From The Fay Genealogy by Orlin P. Fay, 1898.
"RICHARD SULLIVAN FAY - He graduated at Harvard College 1825, was a merchant of Boston and resided here. He had a beautiful summer residence in Lynn, Mass., and was much interested in forestry and landscape gardening. A few items are given from Newhall's History of Lynn concerning his residence there. "In 1847 he purchased the estate (and many acres of adjoining territory) on which was the mineral spring, popularly called the "Red Spring," its waters having a reddish hue. About the century 1600, Dr. John Casper Ritcher Van Crowningshield, the ancestor of the Crowingshiields of Salem, purchased the adjacent lands and settled on them, the celebrated Cotton Mather among others visited him and partook of the waters of the spring, and in one of his elaborate works extols their virtues. The situation is delightful. The little lake which has received the pretty name, "Lynnmore" nestles so cosily and smiles so brightly between thickly wooded hills, that it might be imagined there had been a compact that it should be shielded from the wild winds that should agitate its bosom in return for refreshing exhalations it might send up to renovate the drooping foliage. Upon the western bank which rises gracefully to a considerable height was erected in 1810, the edifice long known as Lynn Mineral Spring Hotel. It was a favorite summer resort and no inland retreat could be more charming. There was fishing in the "Pond," fowling in the woods, and beautiful drives in all directions.
In 1847 Mr. Fay purchased the estate and improved it greatly by planting a great many varieties of rare and beautiful trees, many of them are foreign. England and France are re[presented, the Black Forest of Germany, even Russia and Liberia. There is a pleasing variety of grove and lawn, pasture and arable ground, woodland and meadow, and altogether the landscape is one of uncommon freshness and vigor. In traversing the grounds one is forcibly reminded of feudal days and baronial domains, and if the ivied walls of an ancient castle could be discerned peering from some rocky crest across the lake the illusion might be complete. This beautiful estate is still in possession of the Fays which they continue to improve and beautify. The family leave their city home early in the season to enjoy the loveliness of their beautiful estate, where they remain until late in the autumn. Mr. Fay died in Liverpool, England in 1865, aged 59 years. Mrs Fay was living in 1886."
From the Liberator (Boston, MA).
July 26, 1865 - "Death of Hon. R.S. Fay. Hon Richard S. Fay died at Liverpool on the day of departure of the steamer Africa, which has arrived here last week. It is reported that he was on his way to the steamer, and dropped dead in the street. The deceased was about 60 years old, and a graduate of Harvard College.".
15 Catharine Saunders PICKMAN1,6 (1810-1901) [11765]. Born 9 Jul 1810.1,2 Died 26 Nov 1901, Boston, MA.1,2 Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Lyon, MA.
| 1 | "The Diary and Letters of Benjamin Pickman (1740-1819) of Salem, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow, 1928". |
| 2 | "Obituary of Catharine Saunders Fay in the Boston Journal, November 29, 1901". |
| 3 | "Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charleston, Massachusetts by Charles Collyer Whittier, 1907 ". |
| 4 | "Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charleston, Massachusetts by Charles Collyer Whittier, 1907". |
| 5 | "Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
| 6 | "The Fay Genealogy by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
| 7 | "Death notice of Richard S. Fay in the Albany Evening Journal (Albany , NY), July 25, 1865". |