Biography

The child's father, Charles Henry Frew, was born 4 November 1879 at Duncans Creek, New South Wales (Birth Registration 20234/1879, Nundle).  He married Mary Wake on 28 November 1900 at Hillgrove, New South Wales (Marriage Registration 8816/1900, Hillgrove).  She was born about 1870 in Paterson, New South Wales.

The eldest two children of this marriage were born in New South Wales.  They were Reuben Charles, born 1901 at Hillgrove, New South Wales (Birth Registration 13293/1901, Hillgrove) and his sister, Phyllis Edna, born at Hillgrove , in July 1903.   It appears that the family then moved to Western Australia about October 1902 where, sadly, Reuben and Phyllis died 4 February 1904 in a house fire at Champion camp at the Kookynie goldfields.  Their stories appear in this website.

The next four children were born in Western Australia.  They were: Robert Archibald Henry born 26 December 1904 at Kookynie (Birth Registration 2095/1905); Elsie Maud born 28 November 1906 at Kookynie (Birth Registration 1900139/1906, North Coolgardie), died of bronchitis 11 December 1906, aged 2 weeks and appears in this website; William Thomas; Irene Elizabeth born 12 February 1910 at Mt Morgans (Birth Registration 4300026/1910, Mt Margaret)

It was then back to New South Wales where the last two children of this family were born.  They were: John Edward born 1912 in Woonona (Birth Registration 52271/1912, Woonona) and Margaret Rachel born 1914 at Bulli (Birth Registration 33712/1914, Bulli).

The patriarch of this family, Charles Henry Frew, died 7 September 1934 at the Wallsend Mining Hospital in Newcastle, New South Wales.  His wife died in Wallsend on 31 January 1947, aged 77 years.