Family Treeof Trudy Mae COWLEY
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Abodes Aliases Baptism Birth Burial Children Death Education Immigration Marriage 1 Marriage 2 Occupations Property Siblings Will
BirthSome researchers (Scott, 1985; von Stieglitz, 1948) state that John was born circa 1823 in Truro, Cornwall, England. Arthur FRENCH & SMITH (2002) have date of birth as 19 June 1822. John's age at time of immigration was given as 20 years, which would mean he was born circa 1823. ImmigrationJohn and his family, including his wife Fanny, father John and mother Mary, and sister Grace, arrived in Launceston per Indian as cabin passengers on 28 December 1843 (or 1 January 1844). His sister Caroline had died on the voyage. John departed Launceston per Gazelle for Melbourne on 22 March 1852 - possibly to go to the gold fields. Marriage 1John TRETHEWIE married Frances (Fanny) ROWE on 1 September 1843 at East Newlyn in Cornwall, England. The witness to the marriage was Nicholas GILBERT. Marriage 2John TRETHEWIE later married Emblyn Cordelia GILBERT in Melbourne in 1900. Due to this marriage, according to Arthur FRENCH, there was a family dispute and most of the family decided to ignore John. Only Mary HARDMAN, John's eldest daughter, kept in contact with him. John left her a life interest in the Curraghmore property in his will. The rest of the family is reported to have contested the will. Is Emblyn Cordelia GILBERT's father, Nicholas, the same Nicholas GILBERT who was witness to John’s marriage to Fanny? OccupationsIn 1843, John was a farm overseer at Trevallyn. From 1844 to 1852 John worked at Henry BUTTON’s farm at Punchbowl. After this he moved to The Grange then Darleymoor. John came of a farming family and they settled on a farm near White Hills and here in 1844 John established a herd of pure bred Devons. This farm has been carried on by various family members over the years. Not sure whether this was John Junior's farm or his father's. John was also a member of a Road Trust, earning money through this occupation. The North Esk Road Trust was formed in 1859. Meetings were held in the North Esk Inn, which was built on part of the Mount Esk estate. The first trustees were Ronald C GUNN, chairman, James STEVENSON, Henry Elms LETTE, John WILLIATT and John TRETHEWIE Junior. Road Trusts were empowered to levy a road rate which was apportioned in various amounts according to the urgency of the work to be done, to the various roads in the district. Each member had between £30 and £40 of the rates under his control, of which he was allowed to keep 5% as an honorarium for services rendered. The Trust erected a toll gate on Hobler’s Bridge in 1859. PropertyJohn (or his father) purchased part of Curraghmore in 1852 – the first part of the estate (according to the records) to change hands form the LETTEs. In 1855 John added more of the old estate, including the house, to his property – seven small farms to the total of 1100 acres were auctioned and John (or his father) bought them. He built the homestead that stood on the property in 1948. In 1855, John also purchased 200 acres of land at Rosevale, near Bridgenorth, from the Crown. According to Annette BAXTER, by 1875, John had bought the remainder of the Curraghmore estate from Henry Elms LETTE. John built the new home on the original grant area of the estate and lived there with his wife Fanny and family. In 1877, following in his father's footsteps, John donated land for the building of a Wesleyan Church at White Hills (John's father had donated the land for the Wesleyan Methodist church at St Leonards). An article in The Examiner on 26 September 1877 read: For a considerable time past Services in connection with Wesleyan Church have been conducted in this district on the Lenna Estate, but owing to an increased congregation, it is necessary to take steps for the erection of a more suitable place of worship. Difficulty of procuring a suitable building allotment was easily overcome by J. Trethewie Esq. generously presenting Society with a piece of ground upon which a nice little church has been erected. The opening services were held on Sudnay last, when the Rev. F. E. Stephenson, of Launceston, preached two sermons, afternoon and evening, to very good congregations, and the collection taken up amounted to £24. According to von Stieglitz (1948), racing carnivals of an exciting variety were held in Boomer’s Paddock on the hill above Curraghmore House. The 1906 Tasmania Post Office Directory lists John TRETHEWIE as having a cattle run at White Hills. WillJohn's will of 11 March 1911 left 3300 acres at Curraghmore to trustees. According to Arthur FRENCH, after John remarried, apparently only his daughter Mary HARDMAN kept in contact and John left her a life interest in Curraghmore. The rest of the family is reported to have contested the will. |
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