William Charles DREW, b. Sept Q 1848

If anybody has been wondering where this chap and his wife, Elizabeth Ann Hodge, got to between their marriage on 3 April 1870 and the 1871 Census (from which they are conspicuously absent), they migrated to Queensland. So, I have other Cornwall DREW connections here (somewhere), descendants of the surviving 8 of the 13 children of my 3rd cousin twice removed.

I am slowly going through the Queensland BMD 1829-1914 and the assisted immigration indexes trying to work out who the other Queensland Drews might be, and where they came from. Some are very obviously German, some are Irish, there was one born in the West Indies, another born in France.

Assisted Immigration Index
DREW Wm C 21 Indus 21 Jul 1870 IMM/114 6 M1697
DREW Elizabeth A 20 Indus 21 Jul 1870 IMM/114 6 M1697

Descendants - well, children at least.

1. William Charles DREW, son of William DREW and Rebecca BOTTRELL, was born September Q 1848 in Penzance, Cornwall..(1)

Noted events in his life were:

* He appeared on the England census in 1851 in Daniel Place, Madron,
Cornwall. William C Drew, son, 2, Cornwall Penzance
* He appeared on the England census in 1861 in 10 Daniel Place, Madron,
Cornwall. William C Drew, Son, 12, Scholar, Cornwall Penzance

William married Elizabeth Ann HODGE on 3 April 1870 in Penzance, Cornwall..(1) Elizabeth was born about 1850.(1)

Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 F i. Mary Ellen DREW was born in 1871 in Queensland.
+ 3 M ii. William Charles DREW was born in 1873 in Queensland.
+ 4 M iii. Samuel DREW was born in 1874 in Queensland.
+ 5 M iv. Frank DREW was born in 1876 in Queensland and died in 1876 in Queensland.
+ 6 F v. Annie DREW was born in 1879 in Queensland.
+ 7 F vi. Elizabeth Jane DREW was born in 1881 in Queensland and died in 1882 in Queensland at age 1.
+ 8 F vii. Lillian DREW was born in 1882 in Queensland.
+ 9 M viii. Albert DREW was born in 1882 in Queensland and died in 1883 in Queensland at age 1.
+ 10 M ix. Herbert DREW was born in 1884 in Queensland.
+ 11 M x. John Henry DREW was born in 1887 in Queensland.
+ 12 F xi. Ethel Maud DREW was born in 1887 in Queensland and died in 1887 in Queensland.
+ 13 M xii. Arthur DREW was born in 1889 in Queensland.
+ 14 F xiii. Florence Gertude DREW was born in 1890 in Queensland and died in 1891 in Queensland at age 1.


I haven't yet got around to the detective work on marriages of the surviving children.