Eva Mylott
Eva Mylott | |
|---|---|
 Eva Mylott circa 1900 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eva Theresa Mylott |
| Born | 16 September 1875 Tuross Head, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 20 March 1920 (aged 45) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Opera |
| Occupation | Singer |
Eva Theresa Mylott (27 February 1875 – 20 March 1920) was an Australian contralto opera singer.[1]
Early life
[edit]Eva Mylott was born in Tuross Head, New South Wales, Australia.[2] Her parents, Patrick Mylott (1838-1899), an importer of wine and spirits and Mary Heffernan (1839-1931) (the daughter of Edmund and Honora Heffernan), were Irish Roman Catholics who settled in the Colony of New South Wales.[3] Patrick was born 1838 in County Mayo, the son of Patrick Mylott and Mary McDermott. He arrived in 1861 aboard the John Masterman.[4] Mylott became a protégé of Dame Nellie Melba and in 1902, she went to England with her to pursue an opera career outside Australia.[1]
Personal life
[edit]On 17 June 1917 in New York City, she married American businessman John Hutton Gibson (died ca. 1933); they had two sons: Hutton Gibson in 1918 and Alexis Mylott Gibson.[1]
Mylott died in 1920, aged 45, in Chicago, after slipping in the shower and injuring her neck,[5] leaving two-year-old Hutton and infant Alexis in the care of her husband, who died seventeen years later.[6]
Legacy
[edit]Mylott is the paternal grandmother of actor and film director Mel Gibson.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lewis, Jan (March 2004). "Eva Mylott's Home Tour" (PDF). Journal of the Moruya & District Historical Society Inc.: 9pp.
- ^ "Eva Mylott". Monument Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "THE MYLOTT FAMILY FROM THE MORUYA PIONEER DIRECTORY" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "THE MYLOTT FAMILY FROM THE MORUYA PIONEER DIRECTORY" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Wendy Grossman. "Is the Pope Catholic?". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ^ Peggy Noonan. "Keeping the Faith: Face to Face With Mel Gibson". Reader's Digest. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
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