JOHN ALFRED TREWREN &

MARY ELIZABETH LEAN

John Alfred TREWREN and Mary Elizabeth LEAN are my 3^rd Great Grandparents.

Their daughter, Harriett Emma TREWREN, is my 2^nd Great Grandmother.

TREWREN: This name is a very rare and unusual variant spelling of the Old Breton - Cornish habitational word 'Treuren' which translates as 'the homestead of Urien'.

The name in the various spellings of Trewren, Truran, Truren and Treuran is well recorded in the . Truro - Cambourne (Cornwall, England) area from at least the reign of the first Elizabeth.

Trewren family crypt at Bathurst	Map of Devon	Map of Devon

John Alfred TREWREN	Mary Elizabeth LEAN
John TREWREN was born about 1804 in Cornwall, England. John TREWREN arrived in Sydney, Australia on 19^th Aug 1832 aboard the ship "Mountaineer" with his wife Mary (nee LEAN) as assisted immigrants. Before they left for Australia, John & Mary married on the 26^th Mar 1832 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England. John & Mary TREWREN first resided at 61 Waterloo St, Sydney before crossing the Blue Mountains in 1834 and settling themselves near the Macquarie River, in the Bathurst area, on the Kelso side at "Trelispic". John TREWREN's occupations are listed as Ships Master, Farmer & Grazier.	Mary Elizabeth LEAN was born about 1807 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Her parents were Samuel LEAN & Ann GREGOR. One of their sons, John Henry, was apparently murdered by 2 convicts digging a well at their Kelso Homestead around 1839. John Henry TREWREN was found dead in the well, it had been filled in and a stone placed on top. The two convicts went bush, died and they were found some time later. (story told by Alexander Fenix McLean in the 1950's)
John TREWREN died on the 6^th February 1888 at Kelso NSW of "senile decay".He is buried in the "TREWREN" family vault at the Bathurst Methodist Church. (NSW Death Certificate Reg. 7033/1888 ) I have a copy of John TREWREN's will signed by him in 1887.	Mary Elizabeth TREWREN (nee LEAN) died on the 24^th September 1881 at Kelso NSW of Brights disease (an inflammation of the filtering units in the kidneys). Mary is also buried in the "TREWREN" family vault at the Bathurst Methodist Church. (NSW Death Certificate Reg. 5187/1881 )
John & Mary TREWREN had 8 children: - Harriett Emma (born 13^th Jan 1933 Sydney, NSW. She died 10^th Sep 1928. Buried in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Kelso NSW. Harriett married John McLEAN on 8^th Oct 1856 at Kelso NSW) - John Henry (born 30^th May 1835 at Kelso NSW. John died about 1839 at Kelso NSW, murdered by convicts) - Catherine (born 1837 Kelso NSW. Catherine died 30^th Jan 1922 Tarana NSW. Catherine married Richard Mutton WEBB in 1861 at Bathurst NSW) - Alfred John (born 9^th Nov 1840 at Kelso NSW. He died 22^nd Mar 1917 at Kelso NSW) - Mary Elizabeth (born 1843 at Kelso NSW. Mary died 21^st Aug 1936 at Tarana NSW. Mary married William WEBB in 1869 at Bathurst NSW) - Susanna Ada (born 1845 at Kelso. Susanna died in 1925 Sydney NSW. She married Glyndwr WHALAN in 1868 at Bathurst NSW) - Hester Annie (born 28^th Sep 1847 at Kelso NSW. Hester died 6^th Oct 1925. Hester never married) - and another unnamed female child.

Contributors to the information on John TREWREN & his descendents:

Lesa Harris	Joanne Marston	Robert Cook
Melanie Steer	Alexander Fenix McLean	Family History Society of Bathurst http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbfhg/

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