Post by sandraquick on Sept 11, 2012 4:08:07 GMT -5
Thanks to the help I have received here, I am piecing together the story of my great great grandparents, William Trewhella and Mary Ann Trewhella nee Clatworthy.
Here is the current information and questions:
Children of William and Mary Ann:
William Martin (1852-1857)
Honor Ann (1855-1946) - married Henry William James in Penzance in 1877. In NZ by 1880.
William Martin (1857-1929) - Isles of Scilly
Emma Jane Trewhella (1862-1942) left Cornwall for Australia and then NZ c.1889
George Henry (1859-1937) - died Torrington, NSW
John (1860-1902 - died Sydney, NSW
Mary Matilda (1865-1937) married John Quick Boulton in 1886 - died Perth, WA
Josephine (1867-1960) married William James Jago Trevaskis - died at Towednack, Cornwall
Adolphus James (1870-1946)
I can find a burial record for a Mary Ann Trewhella of Nancledra (where Emma Jane was born at least) aged 42, buried 3 Jan 1872. So I'm speculating that she is William's wife and the mother of the above nine children. I cannot find any burial record for William Trewhella so far in Cornwall.
If we focus on the daughters, I have some speculation/questions. Assuming a very early 1872 death for the mother, the daughters are aged almost 17, 10, 7 & 5. At this stage, there are no sons old enough to leave and form their own families either: almost 15, 13, 12 & 2.
Honor Ann probably stays at home for the next five years until she marries in 1877. BY 1880, she is in NZ. BY this time, the next girl is 15 and old enough to lead the care of the smaller children. She isn't the next girl to leave though. Mary Matilda marries in 1886 and is in Wales within a few years of marrying, and then in Australia. I don't know when Josephine marries, but I do know that the youngest child, Adolphus, also comes to New Zealand where his two sisters Honor Ann and Emma Jane settle or have settled.
The strong family ties which Emma Jane Quick nee Trewhella had for her family and instilled in her children and grandchildren are legendary even in the 21st century, where her grandchildren who are still alive travel great distances for reunions with each other most years.
I've ordered the death certificates for Honor Ann James (Honor Ann Brown by the time of her death) and Adolphus James Trewhella. They both died in 1946 and I'm very interested in where Adolphus was living. Honor Ann was, according to family recollection, living in the same tiny township (Sefton) in North Canterbury, NZ, as her sister Emma Jane, in their later years.
Things I wonder: Did Emma stay in Cornwall until she knew all her family were taken care of? Did the father emigrate (perhaps to Australia) to live with or near one of the children? Because no one has mentioned Adolphus in the family stories thus far, I don't know when he may have left Cornwall.
If anyone can fill in gaps on the siblings marriages or other missing details, I would be most grateful. I have no knowledge so far of the Clatworthy family, and of course would love to learn more.
Here is the current information and questions:
Children of William and Mary Ann:
William Martin (1852-1857)
Honor Ann (1855-1946) - married Henry William James in Penzance in 1877. In NZ by 1880.
William Martin (1857-1929) - Isles of Scilly
Emma Jane Trewhella (1862-1942) left Cornwall for Australia and then NZ c.1889
George Henry (1859-1937) - died Torrington, NSW
John (1860-1902 - died Sydney, NSW
Mary Matilda (1865-1937) married John Quick Boulton in 1886 - died Perth, WA
Josephine (1867-1960) married William James Jago Trevaskis - died at Towednack, Cornwall
Adolphus James (1870-1946)
I can find a burial record for a Mary Ann Trewhella of Nancledra (where Emma Jane was born at least) aged 42, buried 3 Jan 1872. So I'm speculating that she is William's wife and the mother of the above nine children. I cannot find any burial record for William Trewhella so far in Cornwall.
If we focus on the daughters, I have some speculation/questions. Assuming a very early 1872 death for the mother, the daughters are aged almost 17, 10, 7 & 5. At this stage, there are no sons old enough to leave and form their own families either: almost 15, 13, 12 & 2.
Honor Ann probably stays at home for the next five years until she marries in 1877. BY 1880, she is in NZ. BY this time, the next girl is 15 and old enough to lead the care of the smaller children. She isn't the next girl to leave though. Mary Matilda marries in 1886 and is in Wales within a few years of marrying, and then in Australia. I don't know when Josephine marries, but I do know that the youngest child, Adolphus, also comes to New Zealand where his two sisters Honor Ann and Emma Jane settle or have settled.
The strong family ties which Emma Jane Quick nee Trewhella had for her family and instilled in her children and grandchildren are legendary even in the 21st century, where her grandchildren who are still alive travel great distances for reunions with each other most years.
I've ordered the death certificates for Honor Ann James (Honor Ann Brown by the time of her death) and Adolphus James Trewhella. They both died in 1946 and I'm very interested in where Adolphus was living. Honor Ann was, according to family recollection, living in the same tiny township (Sefton) in North Canterbury, NZ, as her sister Emma Jane, in their later years.
Things I wonder: Did Emma stay in Cornwall until she knew all her family were taken care of? Did the father emigrate (perhaps to Australia) to live with or near one of the children? Because no one has mentioned Adolphus in the family stories thus far, I don't know when he may have left Cornwall.
If anyone can fill in gaps on the siblings marriages or other missing details, I would be most grateful. I have no knowledge so far of the Clatworthy family, and of course would love to learn more.
I am not quite sure what that makes you and I but our common ancestors are William Trewhella and Ann Cock who married at Towednack 31st December 1767. 