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Australian opera singer (1875–1920)
Eva Mylott
Eva Mylott circa 1900
Background information
Birth nameEva Theresa Mylott
Born(1875-09-16)16 September 1875
Tuross Head, New South Wales, Australia
Died20 March 1920(1920-03-20) (aged 45)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresOpera
OccupationSinger
Spouse John Hutton Gibson ​(m. 1917)​
Children2, including Hutton Gibson
Relatives
Musical artist

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

Early life

Eva Mylott was born in Tuross Head, New South Wales. 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. Patrick was born 1838 in County Mayo, the son of Patrick Mylott and Mary McDermott. He arrived in 1861 aboard the John Masterman. Mylott became a protégé of Dame Nellie Melba and in 1902, she went to England with her to pursue an opera career outside Australia.

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. Mylott is the paternal grandmother of actor and film director Mel Gibson and his 10 siblings, including Donal Gibson. 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, leaving two-year-old Hutton and infant Alexis in the care of her husband, who died seventeen years later.

References

  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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