Hilda Janet EWART

1890 - 1918  (28 years)

• Name	Hilda Janet EWART
  Birth	1890	Scarborough, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Jan 1918	Kiribati   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I1575	Furmedge
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2026

  
  

  Family	George Wordie FURMAGE,   b. 28 Aug 1891, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 21 Oct 1951, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1916	Werribee, Victoria, Australia   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1890 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Marriage - 10 May 1916 - Werribee, Victoria, Australia Death - Jan 1918 - Kiribati  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Hilda Janet Furmage died on either the 15th or 18th January 1918 on “Ocean Island” [current day Banaba, Kiribati], which was one of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean and part of the British Empire in 1918. Phosphate mining was the main industry on Ocean Island (also see notes for George Wordie Furmage).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Hilda Janet Ewart, Registered: Apr-Jun 1890, District: Scarborough, Yorkshire, Vol: 9D, Page: 367. [S698] Werribee Shire Banner, Victoria, Australia (online archive), In memoriam: Furmage-Ewart, Hilda Janet, “Ocean Island”, published 11 January 1940, Page: 2. [S698] Werribee Shire Banner, Victoria, Australia (online archive), Death Notice: Furmage, Hilda Janet, “Ocean Island”, published 24 January 1918, Page: 2. [S698] Werribee Shire Banner, Victoria, Australia (online archive), Marriage Notice: Furmage - Ewart, Presbyterian Church, Werribee, published 11 May 1916, Page: 2. [S149] Marriages: Victoria, Australia, Geo Wordie Farmage, 1916, Registration No: 5147/1916; Transcript accessed on https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au.