James
Barnes
Born in Gravesend, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Sutton Barnes
and Mary Ann Saunders
Brother of
Ann (Barnes) Easdown and Jane (Barnes) Dartnall
Husband of
Caroline (Marriner) Barnes
— married
after 1860 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 88
in Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Feb 2015
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Parish Register:.Gravesend, Kent, baptised 23 May 1823, son of Robert (Publican) and Mary Ann Barnes
In his father's will (1855) he is described as a "trunk and box maker" of London. He inherited two freehold houses built on his father's land in Higham (Kent).
Perhaps on the proceeds of his father’s bequest, and with the aim of starting a new life, James embarked in the autumn of 1859 on the vessel “African” for a passage to New Zealand. In his company was another native of Kent, Caroline Parker (36). Her circumstances at that time are unclear. She was married to a London carpenter, Thomas Knott Parker, by whom she had had several children, none of whom survived. Parker appears to have been destitute and unable to support is wife.
1860, Jan 31. James and Caroline Barnes arrived in New Zealand from England, having departed the Port of Plymouth on 11 October 1859. [1]
Notes
- New Zealand Herald 3rd August 1909
- DEATHS
- BARNES - on August 1st at the residence of his son-in-law (Captain Rountree) St.Leonards Road Devonport, James Barnes aged 87 years.
Burial
- Date: 3 AUG 1909
- Place: O’Neils Point Cemetery, Auckland
- Note: row E plot 123
Sources
- ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18600225.2.23 BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS New Zealander, Volume XVI, Issue 1446, 25 February 1860, Page 6. See FOREIGN ARRIVALS
- N.Z. DEATHS - 1909/4420 - Barnes James aged 87 years
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