The Cawley family of Bridport DOR

Joseph and Mary Jane Cawley [nee Puttick] were the parents of Mary Ellen who married Frank Cunningham Jaunay in Reims, France on 9 January 1883. Joseph Cawley was an upholsterer by trade and conducted a successful cabinet-making and upholstery business, Cawley, Brew and Company from premises at 20 Finsbury Place, London. Mary Jane was Joseph's second wife.

Before moving to live at 4 Loraine Terrace, Southgate Road West Hackney London, Joseph Cawley lived in Bridport Dorset while his wife was born at West Cowes on the Isle of Wight. They were married at the parish church in Bridport on 24 April 1800. The Putticks were non-conformist and so Mary Cawley saw to it that her children were christened in the New Meeting Hall, Barrack Street Independent Church at Bridport.

Joseph Cawley died in London on 13 October 1870 from typhoid fever and Mary Cawley remarried Charles William Auguste Feige on 9 January 1873. In 1906 the Feiges migrated to South Australia so that Mary could be with her daughter [her son, Frederick John had emigrated to the USA] in Adelaide. Mary Jane Feige died at Glenelg on 24 July 1911 and was buried at the North Brighton Cemetery. August Feige remained at the Glenelg Cottage Homes until he died on 11 April 1915.

Pictured above: The Jaunays at Glenelg 1910:
L-R Yvonne, Irene, Mary Jaunay nee Cawley, Frank, Mary Feige formerly Cawley nee Puttick, Robert, Yvette, August Feige , Gertrude, Gladys.

In Loving Memory
           of
Mary Jane Feige
Beloved Wife of
August Feige
Died 24 June 1911
Also August Feige
Died April 11th 1915
                  W Laycock

Note: This headstone was smashed in half when contractors engaged by the authorities removed the large pine hedge that can be seen in the background.