The following is some information I received in 2012 about Samuel Trew from John Schubert. Trew, Samuel – Warracknabeal, was born in Essex, England, in 1828, and learned his trade of brickmaker there. He came to Victoria in 1852, and has followed the same vocation ever since in Geelong, Shelford, Camperdown, Portland, Coleraine, Sandford, Harrow, […]
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The Immigrants
By Gary in Harper, Trew No Comments Tags: bown, harper, ryan, trew
There are four families in our Harper tree that made the trip to the new Victorian colony. It is worth noting that Melbourne was founded in 1835 and Victoria didn’t become a separate ‘colony’ until July 1 1851 when writs were issued proclaiming the new colony of Victoria. The first settlement was at Corinella in […]
Harpers On The Internet
By Gary in Blog 8 Comments Tags: harper
The HarperFamilyTree.com website has been really effective for getting in contact with other Harpers and their descendants around Australia who we wouldn’t have otherwise known or perhaps even known about. The first significant contact was from Maurie Harper. He had been researching for many years but there were questions around what had become of his […]
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Hello there! My name is Gary Smith and I’m the owner and editor of this website. I was born in Ceduna, South Australia in 1963 and my mother, Lorraine Smith (nee Harper), was born in Ballarat in 1937. Her father was Robert John Harper and her Mother was Annie Catherine Trew. Harper The first Harpers […]
Trew Transcripts
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This page contains transcripts, in no particular order, from the various Trew family birth, death and marriage certificates that I have accumulated. Where there are other people listed on the same record (and their names are legible), I will list their names in case it is someone you are researching. DEATH: CHARLOTTE TAYLOR Relationship: Charlotte […]