Baptised at Ecclesfield St Mary, Yorkshire on 10th October 1841 - parents Alfred & Margaret. [source : Ecclesfield St Mary Baptism Register].
English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. She was the daughter of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield in Yorkshire, and Margaret Gatty (who was herself a children's author). She married on 1 Jun 1867 Major Alexander Ewing (1830–1895, Army Pay Corps, a musician, composer and translator. He was also a keen churchgoer and shared his wife's interest in literature. Within a week of their marriage, the Ewings left England for Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, where he had received a new posting. They remained there for two years, before returning to England in 1869 and spending eight years living in Aldershot. Although her husband was sent overseas again, to Malta in 1879 and Sri Lanka in 1881, Ewing's poor health precluded her from accompanying him. On her husband's return in 1883, the Ewings moved to Trull, Somerset, and then in 1885 to Bath, in the hopes that the change of air would do her good. However, her health continued to decline. After two operations, she died in Bath on 13 May 1885. She was given a military funeral at Trull three days later and was buried in All Saints Churchyard.
She is also commemorated on a stained glass window in the Cathedral Church of St Michael and St George, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
Buried on 16th May 1885, aged 43 [Trull Burial Register].
English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. She was the daughter of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield in Yorkshire, and Margaret Gatty (who was herself a children's author). She married on 1 Jun 1867 Major Alexander Ewing (1830–1895, Army Pay Corps, a musician, composer and translator. He was also a keen churchgoer and shared his wife's interest in literature. Within a week of their marriage, the Ewings left England for Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, where he had received a new posting. They remained there for two years, before returning to England in 1869 and spending eight years living in Aldershot. Although her husband was sent overseas again, to Malta in 1879 and Sri Lanka in 1881, Ewing's poor health precluded her from accompanying him. On her husband's return in 1883, the Ewings moved to Trull, Somerset, and then in 1885 to Bath, in the hopes that the change of air would do her good. However, her health continued to decline. After two operations, she died in Bath on 13 May 1885. She was given a military funeral at Trull three days later and was buried in All Saints Churchyard.
She is also commemorated on a stained glass window in the Cathedral Church of St Michael and St George, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
Buried on 16th May 1885, aged 43 [Trull Burial Register].
Baptised at Ecclesfield St Mary, Yorkshire on 10th October 1841 - parents Alfred & Margaret. [source : Ecclesfield St Mary Baptism Register].
English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. She was the daughter of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield in Yorkshire, and Margaret Gatty (who was herself a children's author). She married on 1 Jun 1867 Major Alexander Ewing (1830–1895, Army Pay Corps, a musician, composer and translator. He was also a keen churchgoer and shared his wife's interest in literature. Within a week of their marriage, the Ewings left England for Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, where he had received a new posting. They remained there for two years, before returning to England in 1869 and spending eight years living in Aldershot. Although her husband was sent overseas again, to Malta in 1879 and Sri Lanka in 1881, Ewing's poor health precluded her from accompanying him. On her husband's return in 1883, the Ewings moved to Trull, Somerset, and then in 1885 to Bath, in the hopes that the change of air would do her good. However, her health continued to decline. After two operations, she died in Bath on 13 May 1885. She was given a military funeral at Trull three days later and was buried in All Saints Churchyard.
She is also commemorated on a stained glass window in the Cathedral Church of St Michael and St George, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
Buried on 16th May 1885, aged 43 [Trull Burial Register].
English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. She was the daughter of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield in Yorkshire, and Margaret Gatty (who was herself a children's author). She married on 1 Jun 1867 Major Alexander Ewing (1830–1895, Army Pay Corps, a musician, composer and translator. He was also a keen churchgoer and shared his wife's interest in literature. Within a week of their marriage, the Ewings left England for Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, where he had received a new posting. They remained there for two years, before returning to England in 1869 and spending eight years living in Aldershot. Although her husband was sent overseas again, to Malta in 1879 and Sri Lanka in 1881, Ewing's poor health precluded her from accompanying him. On her husband's return in 1883, the Ewings moved to Trull, Somerset, and then in 1885 to Bath, in the hopes that the change of air would do her good. However, her health continued to decline. After two operations, she died in Bath on 13 May 1885. She was given a military funeral at Trull three days later and was buried in All Saints Churchyard.
She is also commemorated on a stained glass window in the Cathedral Church of St Michael and St George, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
Buried on 16th May 1885, aged 43 [Trull Burial Register].
Inscription
HERE LIES THE BODY OF
JULIANA HORATIA EWING
WIFE OF ALEXANDER EWING, MAJOR A.P.D.
SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE
REVD. ALFRED GATTY D.D. AND MARGARET HIS WIFE
BORN 3. AUGUST 1841
DIED 13. MAY 1885
TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF
ALEXANDER EWING
LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT
BORN 3. JANUARY 1830
DIED 11, JULY 1895
"THE LORD WILL LIGHTEN MY DARKNESS."
AND OF
ELIZABETH MARGARET EWING
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE AND DAUGHTER OF
REVD. ANTHONY CUMBY, VICAR OF SCORTON
DIED 18. MAY 1930
AGED 88 YEARS
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