Muriel Emily Mew

Father
George William Knight
Newport Isle of Wight
Oct. 27, 1851
Jan. 29, 1891
Beaumont

Mother
Maria Firmston
Mortlake, Surrey, England
June 8, 1856
Dec. 17, 1882
Corpus Christi

Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales

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Biography

Muriel Emily Mew

(16 November 1878 – 12 September 1879)

Little Muriel is the daughter of George Wm. Knight Mew (1851 – 1891) and Maria Firmston Mew (1850 – 1882).  Her father George was a native of the Isle of Wight and brought the family to Corpus Christi in the 1870s.  He worked with the railroads, especially the Mexican National in Mexico.  He died while in Beaumont inspecting the books of the Texas Tram and Lumber Company.  Maria Firmston Mew was a native of Mortlake, Surrey, England who accompanied her husband and children to whatever locations was demanded by Mr. Mew's work (including a number of years in Mexico).  One child actually died while the family was in Mexico.  Life must have been difficult for George and Maria as they lost four children before any of the little ones reached the age of ten.  Muriel Emily was the second of those children born.  Muriel was born in 1878 and died less than a year old the following September.  Her sister Maude was older—born in 1877, but dying less than 7 years old in 1884.  Little Ada was born in 1881 and was less than 3 years old when she died about 2 weeks before Maude in January of 1884.  Their brother Tom was an infant less than a year old when he died in 1883.  All these four little ones rest with their parents in Old Bayview Cemetery.

Research and transcription: Michael A. Howell