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LDS Australian Vital Records ref 26249. 1
[Frewin.FTW]
From Betty Juranovich via Email 4/8/2001:
The Frewin family were very active in the Adult Deaf Society of victoria - Frank Ernest was deaf.
From http://www.vicdeaf.com.au/aboutus/history/chapter3/chapter3.htm
After the Deaf Sub-Committee had been consulted at his request, Mr. Fred Frewin was appointed Missioner on December 14th, 1888. Mr. Fred Frewin was the non-deaf brother of the very active deaf man, Mr. Frank Frewin, and son of a Clergyman. A little over 3 years later, on February 5th, 1892, Mr. Frewin's resignation was "accepted regretfully".
From http://www.vic.gov.au/prov/UNASSISTED1.asp
Frank Ernest Frewin sailed to Australia in February 1882, aged 19 aboard the Shop Potosi. Port B, fiche 400, page 5.
Also aboard the same sailing:
George Day (David) Frewin, aged 15.
John Frederick Frewin aged 45
This database contains a collection of some of the thousands of bits of information about Frewin's, Frewin's, Fruin's and Fruen's etc that are publicly available in family archives, Census's, the IGI, Parish Records and similar sources.
In many instances, we have attempted to make some sense of the various fragments and give an outline of the most likely family structure as we currently understand it based on the limited information available.
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