Individual Details
Thomas (Tom) FREWEN
(25 Jan 1897 - 1 Jun 1975)
Tom's marriage certificate tells us he was from the Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary and that his father's name was also Thomas, a farmer. Based on this information a 1901 census return was located for the Frewen family, which included four-year-old Tom and his parents, Thomas and Jane. They were living in Gortavoher West in Clonbeg (in the Glen of Aherlow), Co. Tipperary.
Tom emigrated to the United States in 1926, departing from Cobh (Queenstown) on 25 December 1926. His wife, Hannah, and their elder children followed in 1929. Then, in the early 1930s, the family moved back to Ireland to farm in either Galbally, Co. Limerick or Aherlow, Co. Tipperary (very close to Galbally). I have been told by one family source that Tom and Hannah had a son named Richard who remained in Ireland when the family returned to the States in late 1935. However, another family source tells me he is unaware of a son named Richard and says the name Richard was widely used at the time in another Frewen family in the Glen of Aherlow - these were the Frewens of Rossbog - and perhaps it was a Richard from this other family who remained in Ireland when family members emigrated.
Tom and Hannah and their family settled in Brooklyn, New York, not far from Hannah's sister Beatrice - the sisters were apparently very close. Tom worked as a railroad conductor. At some point Tom and Hannah had a new house built on the Galbally farm in Ireland for Hannah's widowed mother, Margaret.
Note: The 1930 U.S. census data for the Frewen family on the FamilySearch website has the name 'Frewin' transcribed as 'Freooen".
Tom emigrated to the United States in 1926, departing from Cobh (Queenstown) on 25 December 1926. His wife, Hannah, and their elder children followed in 1929. Then, in the early 1930s, the family moved back to Ireland to farm in either Galbally, Co. Limerick or Aherlow, Co. Tipperary (very close to Galbally). I have been told by one family source that Tom and Hannah had a son named Richard who remained in Ireland when the family returned to the States in late 1935. However, another family source tells me he is unaware of a son named Richard and says the name Richard was widely used at the time in another Frewen family in the Glen of Aherlow - these were the Frewens of Rossbog - and perhaps it was a Richard from this other family who remained in Ireland when family members emigrated.
Tom and Hannah and their family settled in Brooklyn, New York, not far from Hannah's sister Beatrice - the sisters were apparently very close. Tom worked as a railroad conductor. At some point Tom and Hannah had a new house built on the Galbally farm in Ireland for Hannah's widowed mother, Margaret.
Note: The 1930 U.S. census data for the Frewen family on the FamilySearch website has the name 'Frewin' transcribed as 'Freooen".
Events
| Birth | 25 Jan 1897 | Gortavoher, Aherlow, Co. Tipperary | |||
| Marriage | 17 Mar 1923 | Church of Ss. Peter and Paul, Cork - Johanna (Hannah, Anna) DOODY | |||
| Death | 1 Jun 1975 | New York |
Families
| Spouse | Johanna (Hannah, Anna) DOODY (1897 - 1977) |
| Child | Margaret (Peggy) M. FREWEN (1924 - ) |
| Child | Thomas FREWEN (1924 - 1980) |
| Child | Jane FREWEN (1925 - 2019) |
| Child | Mary Josephine FREWEN (1930 - 1997) |
| Father | Thomas FREWEN (1855 - 1938) |
| Mother | Jane BARLOW (1858 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Emma FREWEN (1886 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Michael FREWEN (1887 - 1957) |
| Sibling | John FREWEN (1889 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Mary FREWEN (1891 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret (Madge) FREWEN (1892 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth FREWEN (1894 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine FREWEN (1895 - ) |
| Sibling | Johanna FREWEN (1898 - ) |
| Sibling | Patrick FREWEN (1899 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Bridget (Bridie) FREWEN (1900 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Jane FREWEN (1901 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Robert FREWEN (1903 - 1982) |