Eva Mylott

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
Spouse	John Hutton Gibson (m. 1917)
Children	2, including Hutton Gibson
Relatives	Mel Gibson (grandson); Donal Gibson (grandson); Milo Gibson (great-grandson);

Eva Theresa Mylott (27 February 1875 – 20 March 1920) was an Australian contralto opera singer.^[1]

Early life

Eva Mylott was born in Tuross Head, New South Wales.^[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

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 is the paternal grandmother of actor and film director Mel Gibson and his 10 siblings, including Donal Gibson.^[1] Through Mel, she is the great-grandmother of actor Milo Gibson.

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]

References

^ ^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.

External links

Eva Mylott, from the official website of Tuross Head, NSW

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[:0-1] Lewis, Jan (March 2004). "Eva Mylott's Home Tour" (PDF). Journal of the Moruya & District Historical Society Inc.: 9pp.

[2] "Eva Mylott". Monument Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[3] "THE MYLOTT FAMILY FROM THE MORUYA PIONEER DIRECTORY" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[4] "THE MYLOTT FAMILY FROM THE MORUYA PIONEER DIRECTORY" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[5] Wendy Grossman. "Is the Pope Catholic?". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 20 September 2007.

[6] 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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