Isabel Cargill Explained

Isabel Cargill (10 December 1864 – 17 April 1944) was a New Zealand businesswoman who established English-style tearooms in Rome, Italy, in the early 1890s.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Cargill was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 10 December 1864.^{[3] [4]} She was the granddaughter of William Cargill, the founder of the city, and the fourth daughter of Edward Cargill and his wife, Dorothy Cargill (née Nesham).^{[5] [6]}

Cargill also wrote a column, "Letters from Rome" for the Otago Witness newspaper.^[7]

In 1902, Cargill married an Italian artist, Giuseppe da Pozzo. The couple had one daughter, Dorothy, who was born in 1904.^{[8] [9]}

Cargill died in Stra, Veneto, Italy, on 17 April 1944.^{[10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hutching . Sam . Taonga . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu . Babington's Tea Rooms, Rome . 2023-01-21 . teara.govt.nz . en.
2. Web site: Isabel Cargill . 2023-01-21 . HERITAGE POST . en.
3. Web site: Birth search: registration number 1864/18918 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 13 February 2023.
4. News: Birth . 12 December 1864 . . 928 . 4 . 13 February 2023.
5. Web site: Personal items from London . 2023-01-21 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
6. News: Death of Mr E. B. Cargill . 10 August 1903 . . 12737 . 6 . 13 February 2023.
7. Book: Bishop, Catherine . Women Mean Business: Colonial Businesswomen in New Zealand . Otago University Press . 2019 . 9781988531762 . Dunedin, New Zealand . 287.
8. Web site: Signora da Pozzo . 2023-01-21 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
9. Web site: Cosmopolis » Babingtons Tea Rooms in Rome . 2023-01-21 . en-EN.
10. Web site: Comerford . Patrick . Babington's in Rome is more to my taste than the new McDonalds near the Vatican . 2023-01-21 . en-GB.
11. Web site: Da Pozzo, Isabel – Padua, Italy – widow . Archives New Zealand . 13 February 2023.