Caroline Hewitt

   Cause of her death was Fatty degeneration of the heart, bronchitis and dedema of the lung and syncops.

   Other names for Caroline were Carolina Howat, Caroline Howit, Courline Howit, Carolina Howitt and Carline Steele.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census in 1871 in 159 Aries Row, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. Recorded (aged 8) as a scholar living with her parents Henry (48) and Elizabeth (40) and siblings William (12), Henry (9) and Jane (12m) in a house with two windowed rooms.

• She worked as a Bleachfield Hand from Jun 1881 to Jan 1882 in Foxbar, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland.

• She appeared on the census in 1881 in Derry Woman House, Foxbar, Abbey, Renfrew, Scotland. Living with 51 other female Bleachfield Workers.

• She had a residence in Jan 1882 in Foxbar, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland.

• She had a residence from Jan 1884 to Oct 1885 in Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland.

• She had a residence in Oct 1889 in Peter Wilson's Land, High Street, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

• She appeared on the census in 1891 in Wicket, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. Recorded (aged 27) living with husband George and children James, Henry, George, William and John. Also in the house was a boarder, James Spence.

• She appeared on the census in 1901 in Tolbooth Close, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. Recorded (aged 38) living with her husband George (hotel waiter, 40) and children Henry (18), George (16), William (14), John (12), Robert (10), Mary (8), Jane (7) and Nellie (1) in a house with 4 windowed rooms.

• She had a residence from 1893 to 1929 in Tolbooth Close, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

Caroline married George Steele, son of James Steele and Mary McKinlay, on 2 Jan 1882 in Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland. (George Steele was born on 27 Feb 1861 in Campbell Street, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland and died on 9 Feb 1931 in Tolbooth Close, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.) The cause of his death was Arteriosclerosis, cardiac disease, bronchitis and hypostatic congestion of the lungs.

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage certificate records Caroline as "Courline Howitt", daughter of William Howat (coal miner) and Mary Beresford (both deceased).