Two posts ago, I was wondering what became of my great great grandfather Thomas Trewin’s brothers, William and John. There was quite an age difference between the brothers. William was roughly five years older than Thomas, and John was roughly ten years younger. Thomas emigrated to the US via Canada, and I’d thought perhaps one or both of the brothers may have done the same. Well, I am still not sure about William, but I found three World Connect family trees corroborating that John, house and ship joiner, was already married (Sept 1852) to Susannah Barrett Coad of Lambeth (Surrey, London) at the time Thomas Sr.’s will was written and proved. Susannah was also of the Wesleyan Methodist faith as is evidenced by her baptism on August 20, 1832, at the China Terrace Wesleyan Church in Lambeth. Her parents were originally from Cornwall, her father having been born in Polperro, and her mother in Talland.
Cornwall, 1830 Map; Talland can be seen closer to the northeast corner (for map credit, see below)
Census records presumably (I say presumably, because I have not seen these records with my own eyes) indicate that John and family lived at 4 Watkins Terrace, Bow, Bromley, in 1861; at 62 Fore Street, St. Anne, Limehouse, in 1871; and at New Cross, 33 Brunswick Rd., St. Leonard, Bromley, in 1881. The 1871 Census shows Susannah keeping a coffee shop.
Proximity of Polperro and Talland, Cornwall, UK
John and Susannah had nine children according to all three World Connect Trees; only one tree lists the children and that list contains eight children, so I don’t know about the ninth. The eight listed are Sarah, Thomas, Henry, Jessie, William, Merriam, John, and Arthur. By the 1881 Census, Henry is working as a warehouseman, and William as an “asst. measurer” at the docks. Eldest daughter Sarah married Walter James Odgers Jane in Stepney, London, in 1877. She had five children: John, Edith, Mabel, Lillie, and Arthur.
London Map from 1831, with Woolwich, Lambeth, Limehouse, Bromley and Poplar circled in red (for map credit, see below)
My impression is that these World Connect trees were done by individuals researching the Coad family. Unfortunately, they provide no clues that can take us back to prior generations of our Trewin line. I am going to search the census records to see if I can find older brother William. I doubt he emigrated as age and family commitments probably would have ruled out such a huge undertaking, but you never know. Below is an updated tree showing what we now know about the three brothers.
Thomas & Sarah Trewin Children*
1-William Trewin b. 23 Jan 1812, c. 23 Feb 1812, Wesleyan Church, Middle Street, Gosport, Hampshire, England
1-Thomas J. Trewin b. 12 Aug 1817, Woolwich, Kent, England, c. 7 Sep 1817, Wesleyan Methodist Church, William St, Woolwich, Kent, England, d. 19 Sep 1875, Elizabeth, Union, NJ, bur. 22 Sep 1875, Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, Union, NJ
| +Mary Anne Phillips b. 1820, Deptford, Co. Kent, England, d. 30 May 1878, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, bur. 2 Jun 1878, Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, Union, NJ
| |–2-Thomas John Trewin b. 31 Dec 1839, 9 Powis Street, Woolwich, Co. of
| | Kent (now Greater London), d. Jul 1913, bur. 31 Jul 1913, Evergreen
| | Cemetery, Hillside, Union, NJ
| |–2-William Trewin b. 21 Mar 1847, Hardin Street, Woolwich Dockyard, Co.
| | Kent (now Greater London), England, d. 4 Dec 1916, Elizabeth General
| | Hospital, Elizabeth, Union Co., NJ, bur. 7 Dec 1916, Evergreen
| | Cemetery, Hillside, Union, NJ
| |–2-Elizabeth Trewin b. 12 Apr 1848, 18 Maxey Rd., Plumstead, Charlton, Co.
| | of Kent, d. Bef 1857
| |–2-Emma Trewin b. 4 May 1850, Campbellwell, England, d. 9 Jun 1933, Elizabeth, Union Co., NJ,
| | bur. 12 Jun 1933, Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
1-John Trewin b. 17 Aug 1827, c. 14 Aug 1831, Wesleyan Methodist Church, William St, Woolwich, Kent, England
| +Susannah Barrett Coad b. 1832, Lambeth, Surrey, London, c. 20 Aug 1832, China Terrace Wesleyan Church, Lambeth, Surrey, England
| |–2-Sarah J. Trewin b. Abt 1854, Poplar, London, England
| | +Walter James Odgers Jane b. Sep 1852, Limehouse, Middlesex, England
| | |–3-John W. Jane b. Abt 1878, Poplar, London, England
| | |–3-Edith S. Jane b. Abt 1881, Paddington, London, England
| | |–3-Mabel J. Jane b. Abt 1883, Paddington, London, England
| | |–3-Lillie M. Jane b. Abt 1886, Paddington, London, England
| | |–3-Arthur T. Jane b. Abt 1890, Paddington, London, England
| |–2-Thomas Trewin b. Abt 1856, Bromley, London, England
| |–2-Henry Trewin b. Abt 1858, Plumstead, Kent, England
| |–2-Jessie Trewin b. Abt 1860, Bromley, London, England
| |–2-William Trewin b. Abt 1862, Bromley, London, England
| |–2-Merriam Trewin b. Abt 1865, Poplar, London, England
| |–2-John Trewin b. Abt 1867, Poplar, London, England
| |–2-Arthur Trewin b. Bef 1870, Bromley, London, England
*There were additional children who did not survive to adulthood. See S-U tab of this blog for full tree.
Below are some photos of the children of Thomas and Mary Anne (Phillips) Trewin who left England in 1857. At the time, Thomas Jr. would have been about 18, William about 10, and Emma about 7.
Thomas John Trewin (Jr), bookbinder, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Trewin; Thomas never married and, in his later years, lived with his sister Emma and brother-in-law. (PHOTO COURTESY of Ruth Kirby Dean, descendant)
William Trewin, son of John & Mary Ann Trewin; William married Edith Fry who died after giving birth to their third child; William then married Elizabeth Sargent with whom he had one child, Zillah.
Emma Trewin, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Trewin
Jersey City, NJ, where the Thomas Trewin Family eventually settled after leaving England in 1857
Maps from David Rumsey Map Collection Cartography Associates:
- Cornwall close-up: England IV. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, June 15th. 1830. J. & C. Walker, sculpt. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1844)
- East London close-up: The environs of London. Drawn & engraved by H. Waters. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, Paternoster Row, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, February 1st, 1832. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)
