Harper Trew Family Tree

The Trew Brickworks

Gary — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:18:49 +0000

The following information was provided by John Schubert. The brickworks were established at Warracknabeal in 1884 by Samuel Trew, who had previously conducted a brickworking venture at Sawpit Swamp, south of Murtoa. An entry on Trew in the 1888 publication Victoria and its Metropolis Past and Present provides the following biographical account: Trew, Samuel – […]

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Edward Trew / Ellen Mortimer Double Wedding

Gary — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 06:36:39 +0000

I’d had this photo of what appears to be a double wedding for a few years and decided to see if I could work out who it was. Back in September last year I posted to a genealogy group on Facebook to see if anyone could date it roughly, based on what the people were […]

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William Trew 1889 – 1917

Gary — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 11:51:32 +0000

William Trew was the third son of George Trew (1862-1916) and Christina Lough (1864-1922). He was born in 1889 at Harrow Victoria where his father had a brickworks. William’s grand father Samuel Trew had learned the brickmaking trade in Essex England and had started the family’s brickmaking venture in a partnership at Sawpit Swamp after working as […]

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Samuel Trew b 1828 Witham, Essex

Gary — Sun, 29 May 2016 01:27:06 +0000

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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Henry Preston Barrington Harper

Gary — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:01:14 +0000

When Henry Preston Barrington Harper was born on February 2, 1909, in Kirup, Western Australia, his father Henry was 35 and his mother Eliza, was 40. He married Jean Irene McMurray-Wallace in 1946. They had three children during their marriage. He died on October 2, 1986, in Prahran, Victoria, at the age of 77. According […]

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Harper Trew Family Album

Gary — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:32:15 +0000

I’ve been messing about with video lately – mostly with pre-made Adobe After Effects videos from VideoHive. Here’s one I put together with some photos from the Harper/Trew families.

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Andrew And Maria Harper: Bound For The Colonies

Gary — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 14:00:31 +0000

Torr, County Antrim – image © copyright Kenneth Allen. Extract from Maurie Harper’s ‘Notes on The Harpers In Australia’ Andrew Harper was born around 1810 in Templepatrick Antrim Ireland and was christened on 14 Jun 1810. On 23 Dec 1834 he married Maria Gleghorn. (ref Ancestry.com 7 Nov 2006). On 11 Aug 1841 Andrew along […]

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County Antrim – Ireland

Gary — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:10:33 +0000

Extract from Maurie Harper’s ‘Notes on The Harpers In Australia’ County Antrim, (possibly from Endruim, “habitation on the waters”) Antrim’s geography has dominated Ireland’s history. Situated on the 13 mile wide North Channel, with the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland quite visible across the water, the region has long been an entry point for the […]

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Harpers, Bowns & Trews In The News

Gary — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:28:52 +0000

Like most families, our ancestors appeared in the news from time to time. Here is a selection of articles I’ve found on the TROVE website. I’ll add to this post as I find more newspaper articles. (Updated Oct 20 2014) THE BOWN CASES – reported in the Horsham Times on Tuesday 12 Jan 1886 THE […]

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The Immigrants

Gary — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:31:28 +0000

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 […]

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