McKewen Families

The two eldest daughters of William Marriott Waldock & Frances Roberts, Frances Lucy and Sarah Anne, married brothers John and William Greer McKewen respectively. John & William both migrated from Northern Ireland as did their brothers Robert & Thomas McKewen (starring on the right). On the shipping records their surnames were recorded as McKeown and McEwan but in Australia they adopted 'McKewen'.

Initially all four McKewen brothers took up leases along Glenbar Road near Tiaro in 1868. Robert moved first, selling his share to William in 1873.

Left: Robert McKewen 1904 at Mungar
Right: Thomas McKewen & his wife, Eliza nee Abbott
Courtesy of T. A. McKewen

On 20 April 1874 John & William set up a store in Tiaro. In 1881 William bought Ashley's Bright Hotel & Store in Kilkivan, and moved there with his family. He sold his share of the Tiaro shop to John in 1883. John ran the Tiaro store until he retired to Rockhampton in 1910. William Greer McKewen & family prospered in Kilkivan owning hotels, stores and several properties. "Wongella" became the home property until sold in the mid 1950s.

Store at Tiaro
John & Frances McKewen
Courtesy of T. A. McKewen

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Family of John & Frances Lucy McKewen
*Frances Mary (Nell) McKewen* (1876-1956) third child of John & Frances Lucy with her husband *Arthur William Willemson* (1877-1962) Tiaro 23 June 1903	*John George Greer McKewen* (1879-1908) 4th child of John & Frances on the occasion of his marriage to Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Angel (1886-1983) 27 Dec 1904 Courtesy of The Kilkivan & District Historical Society Inc.	The wedding of John George (Jack) McKewen (1907-?) to Edna Constance Cluitt. Jack was the only child of George & Kate McKewen Courtesy of R & A. Densley	Left: Henry Johnstone McKewen (1881-1952) 5th child of John & Frances Lucy Right: Wedding of Henry J. McKewen and *Elizabeth Mortimer Scott* (1884-1963), 11 July 1908 Courtesy of T. A. McKewen	*Benjamin Abe McKewen* (1887-1943) 7th child of John & Frances Lucy
From left: "Dolly" Waldock, *Sarah Ann McKewen* nee Waldock, Colin Thomas Charles (Tull) McKewen (1884-1950), *Frances Lucy McKewen* nee Waldock (1854-1934) Seated: *Margaret Ann Colvin* (1891-1977) nee McKewen [9th child], her daughter *Edna Lucy Colvin* (1913) & Lucy May McKewen (1897-1984) [the youngest child of John & Frances]	William Albert (Bill) McKewen (1889-1960) & his wife Alice Millicent Manning (1892-?) Bundaberg 26 Nov 1913 Bill was the 8th child of John & Frances Lucy	Twin sons of Bill & Alice McKewen Francis (Frank) (1918-1985) & Owen (1918-1945)	The McKewen family 1932 Standing from left: possibly son Colin Thomas Charles (Tull), daughter Frances Mary (Nell) Willemson, possibly son Henry Johnstone. Kneeling: daughter Lucy Mary, Frances Lucy, daughter Margaret Ann Colvin and granddaughter Joan Agnes Colvin in front.	Three generations From back left: Thelma Gladys Willemson (1907-1985), Arthur William Willemson, Colin Thomas Charles McKewen, William Albert McKewen and his wife Alice Millicent. In front: Frances Mary Willemson (nee McKewen) (1876-1956), her son Henry Willemson (1911-1989), Frances Lucy McKewen, the matriarch, Edna Lucy Colvin and her mother Margaret Ann Colvin (nee McKewen) and *Lucy May McKewen* Taken circa 1916 Courtesy of C.P. Goodchild
Family of William Greer & Sarah Ann McKewen
From left: *William Greer (Bill) McKewen* (1874-1956) with his father, William Greer McKewen (1848-1925). *Sarah Ann McKewen* nee Waldock (1856-1919) is nursing John Henry (Jack) McKewen (1877-1960). Taken at Tiaro about 1878	From left at back: John McKewen (1843-1918), *Sarah Anne McKewen* nee Waldock (1856-1919) and her husband William Greer McKewen (1852-1925) holding son *David McKewen* (1879-1925) Standing in front L-R: Possibly sons of John & Frances Lucy McKewen - *John George Greer McKewen* (1879-1908) & Henry Johnstone McKewen (1881-1952) & sons of William & Ann, *John Henry (Jack) McKewen* (1877-1960) & *William Greer (Bill) McKewen* (1874-1956). Circa 1882	Children of William Greer & Ann McKewen - about 1896 From left: Margaret Pearl May (Mag) McKewen, (1888-1973) [6th child], *Edmond Walter (Mick) McKewen* (1895-1956) [9th child], Mildred Ann (Milly) McKewen (1892-1977) [8th child) and *Thomas Allen (Tom) McKewen* (1890-1942) [7th child]	David Lacy Jones (1877-1945), holding baby Owen, with his wife Mildred Ann nee McKewen (1892-1977). Circa 1916 Courtesy of The Kilkivan & District Historical Society Inc.	*May McKewen* (1897-?), youngest child of William & Ann.

Family of John & Frances Lucy McKewen

Family of William Greer & Sarah Ann McKewen

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