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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Australia Lookups completed => Topic started by: springtide on Wednesday 08 December 10 09:39 GMT (UK)
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My ancestor William Ernest BARNES (b. 3 June 1881 in Dorchester, Dorset, UK) moved to Australia in the early 1900s. After WWI he married a local lady Mary Ann HODDER in 1922 and they settled in Sydney, NSW. William was a confectioner/chef/cook.
I have seen evidence of them in the electoral rolls of 1930 (Neutral Bay, Warringah), 1933 (North Sydney) and 1937 (West Sydney). However their trace disappears hereafter.
I would like to determine when and where they died, and possibly who their children were (the non-living ones). The NSW BDM does not have this information - I am following up on one possibility though. Can SKS please help me?
Thanks
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Hi there,
Also on electoral roll for 1937, so this is perhaps the year of re-location:
c/- Mrs CONDRON
Kingston
A.C.T.
William Ernest BARNES, Chef
1943
7 Howitt Street
Kingston
A.C.T
William Ernest BARNES, GH Proprietor (Guest House?)
1949
32 Howitt Street
Kingston
A.C.T.
William Ernest BARNES, Chef
I don't see him on the ACT Historical Death Index to 1973 - do you have his parents' names?
Debra :D
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There is the burial in the Woden cemetery in Canberra
BARNES, MARY A
buried Woden Thursday, 6 July 1939 Lawn Anglican AN/L/C/104
and here is her funeral notice confirming her as W E Barnes wife
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2490101?searchTerm=barnes mary ann&searchLimits=l-decade=193|||l-year=1939
Jenn
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Good find Jenn, this death is listed on the historical index. http://www.ors.act.gov.au/bdm/WebPages/bdm_deaths.html
Debra :D
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And William's death in 1953:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0aoc/
Says "late of" the Kingston address so possibly he's the man who died in NSW (Goulburn district) in 1953 aged 76?
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Thank you very much Debra and Jenn!
William Ernest's parents were Stephen BARNES (d. 5 November 1922 in Portsmouth, UK) and Alice Amelia (nee DAWE, d. 1903 in Portsmouth, UK).
I will run with the information on Mary Ann so long - thanks again.
Best regards
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Either of their death certs should list all of their children, but a NSW transcription would be the least expensive http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/howToTraceYouFamTree.htm#TranscriptionAgent
I wonder if they had children living in Goulburn?
Debra :D
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YOu may have seen his WW1 digitised record already.
He was 37 on enrolment in May 1918; gives his address as 55 Walker St, North Sydney, his NoK is his father in Laburnum Grove, Portsmouth.
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx
Judith
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Hi again Debra, Jenn, Judith and 'jorose'
Thank you very much for all your help - I will be pursuing these leads for now (and will mark the lookup request as "complete").
I have previously accessed the WWI information, thanks also to some earlier assistance through rootschat.
Best regards from South Africa