Percy TREWBY
Date of Birth:
24 Dec 1864
Date of Death:
3 Aug 1921
Percy was born at Surrey, England. The earliest he appears in New Zealand is 1890.
He married Maria Williams (born at Charleston in 1871) in 1897.
They had 7 sons & 3 daughters. One daughter died in infancy.
One son (Percy Jnr) served with the AIF in WW1 and died of wounds in 1918.
Five sons, Norman, Francis, Evan, Harold & Maurice served in WW2.
Norman received the DCM, Francis the OBE Military & Maurice was an Acting Wing Commander in the RNZAF.
Evan was KIA at Crete in 1941.
One son-in-law, Maxwell Bull, was an Archdecon.
Percy was a draper, starting in Pahiatua, then Mangaweka.
He and Maria owned property at Stanley St & Kent St as well as 3 sections that now make up part of th Thompson House Reserve.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Percy Trewby, William George Trewby, Charlotte White, Maria Jane Williams, Ambrose Patterson Williams, Ellen Agnes McCann, Dorothy Trewby, Percy Trewby (Jnr), Susie Trewby, Maxwell Lovelace Arthur Bull, Norman Trewby, Mary Doris Roche, Henry Trewby, Francis Trewby, Evan Trewby, Harold Trewby, Nancy Catherine Dahm, Violet Muriel Trewby, Kenneth Morell McKenzie Deighton, Maurice Robert Desmond Trewby, Marjorie Ralston Pettitt.