PERSONAL
NOTES BY THOMAS FLEWIN
( 1879-1954) Australia
Notes
reproduced here were hand-written written by
Thomas. in 1951, three years before his death, and
contained information which had been handed
down.
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Date: June 7th
1951
George
Flewin born in 1823 in
England married Jane (nee x), had son, John, born in 1846 in
Dartford, Kent. Left England for Australia approx 1853 and
took up occupation as a brickmaker. Two years later his wife
and son also came to Australia.
A daughter Ellen was born
out here in 1858. John went back to England on a vessel in
1906.
The name of Flewin believed
to be originally Flewellyn but it is not known just when the
change took place. Believed to have been two or three
generations prior to George.
In 1921 a Clarrie Flewin,
born in 1902, of Port Simpson, Canada, visited Australia and
made himself known to us and is believed to have been a
grandson of George Flewin's brother, that is if he had a
brother.
An English newspaper in 1935
referred to a Mr Flewin as the Head-Keeper in the London
Zoo. This reference to the name and the visit from Clarrie
Flewin of Canada are the only times that we have heard of
the name except those in Australia who are all descendants
of George and Jane.
Reg Flewin visited Australia
in 1951 as Captain of the English Soccer team, but when
contacted had no interest in family history and his parents
had died when he was a child and he was reared by
aunts.
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