Ethel HEWLETT

1905 - 1992  (87 years)

• Name	Ethel HEWLETT
  Birth	20 Jan 1905	Westhoughton, Lancashire   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	4049
  _UID	3B9178E9BD5A4A2181A8FB8D74B0F0B42812
  Death	8 Jul 1992	Lismore, NSW, Australia   [1, 4]
  Notes	From Janet Minter, September 2008: "Ethel was born in West Horton England around 1904/1906.She immigrated to Australia in 1914 aged 8 years with her parents [James Thomas Hewlett and Margaret Hewlett nee Caldwell] and brother Thomas who was aged 5 years. Marriage Certificate gives Ethel's occupation as a machinist. Reg was listed as a labourer and later a carter. Ethel left her home in High Street New Lambton around 1945 leaving Reg to raise 8 children. She died in Lismore N.S.W. in the 1990's." Added note by John Minter: I haven't been able to find the marriage of James Thomas Hewlett and Margaret Caldwell. Two birth registrations would tie up with the ages shown above: Ethel Hewlett Q1 1905 Bolton 8c/475 Thomas Hewlett Q3 1908 Bolton 8c/446 The Bolton registration district covered a place call Westhoughton - c/f West Horton above. May 2023: further notes clarifying the above. (1) It seems that Ethel's mother's maiden name was HILTON, not Caldwell. I've now found her marriage to James Thomas Hewlett, and Hilton is the mother's maiden name shown on her childrens' birth registration index entries. (2) Ancestry.com have a shipping record (at Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923) showing that Margaret Hewlett (32), and children Alce (9), Ethel (8) and Thomas (5) were among the passengers who left London for Australia on the 'Miltiades', arriving at Melbourne on 18 April 1914. It's possible that Ethel's father, James Thomas Hewlett, was the James Hewlett who was on the 'Omrah' from London to Australia, arriving at Sydney on 16 January 1913 (Ancestry.com, New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922). April 2024: Jim Minter, in relation to the above, emails me to say "I did some research some years ago to find that it appears that Margaret's parents were not married at her birth. This maybe [explains] the differences in her surname. Yes it was James coming to Australia a year or so before Margaret and the 3 children. He came first to get work and house. I have some details of BDM of Alice & Thomas if you require [them]." March 2025: Jim Minter writes that Ethel left her family (husband Reginald Morphew Minter and eight children) in 1947/8 and went to live in Lismore, NSW with Frederick Brightman, whose first wife died in 1961. Frederick and Ethel had a daughter, Linda Beverley Brightman, in 1948, and married in 1967. Details of Ethel's appearances in Electoral Rolls can be found (a) up to 1943 in Reginald Morphew Minter's Notes and (b) from 1954 to 1980 in Frederick Brightman's Notes.
  Person ID	I4049	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	James Thomas HEWLETT,   b. 29 Aug 1882, Hindley, Lancashire d. 20 Apr 1936, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Margaret HILTON,   b. Jun 1881, Westhoughton, Lancashire d. 1 Aug 1961, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1903	Bolton RD   [5]
  Family ID	F1661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Reginald Morphew Minter,   b. 16 Mar 1902, Kempsey NSW RD, Australia d. 19 May 1949, Islington, NSW, Australia (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1926	District Registrar's Office, Hamilton, NSW, Australia   [6]
  	Marriage certificate details: Reginald Mathew Minter, labourer, bachelor, 24, residing Hamilton, NSW, born Kempsey, NSW, father Joseph George Minter, upholsterer, mother Emily Maude Cowle. Ethel Hewlett, machinist, spinster, 21, residing Hamilton, NSW, born Daisy Hill, England, father James Hewlett, gate keeper, mother Margaret Caldwell. Witnesses Jos. H Brattan and G L Moyle.
  Children	1. Stanley Norman Minter,   b. 9 Sep 1927, New Lambton, NSW, Australia d. 18 Apr 1985, Helen Street, Mount Hutton, NSW (Age 57 years)   2. Beryl Norma Minter   3. Jack Hewlett Minter   4. Margaret Minter   5. James Minter   6. Allan George Minter,   b. 23 Apr 1938, Newcastle, NSW, Australia d. 3 Nov 2019, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 81 years)   7. Pamela Dawn Minter   8. Brian Albert Minter,   b. 1940, Newcastle, NSW, Australia d. Bef 4 May 1965, West Wallsend, NSW, Australia (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Frederick BRIGHTMAN,   b. 1897, Granville, NSW, Australia RD d. 1973, Lismore, New South Wales RD (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1967	Casino, New South Wales, Australia RD   [7]
  Children	1. Linda Beverley BRIGHTMAN
  Family ID	F1659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 8 Jul 1992 - Lismore, NSW, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] Janet Brandon, Genes Reunited, July 2008. [S533] Jim Minter, April 2023 and later. [S3] BMD index, Q1 1905 Bolton 8c/475, mother's maiden name HILTON. (Reliability: 3). [S533] Jim Minter, April 2023 and later, from death certificate. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index, Q4 1903 Bolton 8c/645. (Reliability: 3). [S95] New South Wales Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, June 2008. [S533] Jim Minter, April 2023 and later, NSW ref 23415/1967. (Reliability: 3).