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Type of entity
Person
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Colwill Calvert, Fanny
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Description area
Dates of existence
1848-1936
History
Originally from Bideford, Devon, England, Fanny Colwill Calvert (1848-1936), was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Fry(e). She married William Colwill In 1867 and they had three children: Fanny Elizabeth Colwill (b. 1869), William Frye Colwill (1871-1928), and Thomas John Colwill (b. 1874). Fanny, who ran a school for young ladies, was widowed by 1881. She and her family immigrated to Canada in 1890. On the trip over she met Herbert Calvert, who she married later that year. They lived in Hamilton for a short time before settling in Guelph, Ontario. Fanny was a needleworker and stone carver, and did some work with her son, Guelph architect William Frye Colwill (1871-1928). She died in Guelph in 1936.