William Leofric Barns (abt. 1851 - 1880)

Born about Jan 1851 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Louisa (Nott) Barns — married 1 Dec 1874 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1880 at about age 29 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

William Leofric Barns was a well-known Queensland surveyor, and laid out the town of Bundaberg.^[1]

Timeline

->1851 Birth @ Dudley, Worcestershire, England

GRO index shows the Birth (Index 18/272) in the quarter Jan-Feb-Mar 1851 of William Leofric BARNS registered in the district of Dudley, Worcestershire, England. ^[2]

->1851 Census @ Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, Staffordshire, England

On the 30 Mar 1851 these people in the table below, listed their details as being at the address, Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, Staffordshire, England in the England and Wales Census, 1851. ^[3]

->1874 Bundaberg, Marriage @ Queensland, Australia

Caroline Louisa Nott and William Leossie Barns were married on 01Dec1874. The Queensland marriage index (Reg#1874/C/507) also lists the registration district as being Queensland, Australia.^[4]

->1880 Death @ , country, Queensland, Australia

William Leofric BARNES died on 10Sep1880. The Queensland death index (Reg#1880/C101) also lists father as William, mother as Sarah Brown, with the registration district as being Queensland, Australia.^[4]

->1880 Burial @ Grave Gen-A1-P64, Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

William Leofric Barns (1851-1880) was buried in General Section: A1 Grave No: P64 at Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.^[5]

Was married at Bundaberg, in Dec 1873, died 10 Sep 1880 also in Bundaberg. Wife Carrie Louisa Nott (dau of John) West Maitland, died 20 Aug 1931 buried S.GHead Cem. Sydney.

Son Leofric Crofton died 7 May 1878 Bundaberg at 8 months of Disentry [sic]

only Dau - Isabel Marianne mar. Dr. L.O.S. Poidevin, Manchester, Eng. (only [child?] Napoleon R.) NSW 23Feb1909 Sydney

Son H. Leofric,

"Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVR-GFP5 : 3 March 2021), Carrie Louisa Nott Barns in entry for William Leofric Barns, 10 Sep 1880; from "Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : n.d.) citing Death, citing Jim and Alison Rogers : n.d. Various cemeteries, Australia; FHL microfilm . https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9RY-6SCJ-K?cc=2115584 iMage wuth details

Sources

1. ↑ MRS. C. L. BARNS. (1931, August 24). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139630902
2. ↑ GRO Birth Index entry search result Barns, http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=IKICnJWnazdDlVdfN0I8Rg&scan=1 accessdate=1 February 2017,work=FreeBMD,publisher=ONS
3. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1851, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGGF-8SC : 9 November 2017), Wilm Barns, Dudley, Staffordshire, England; citing Dudley, Staffordshire, England, p. 61, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.Accessed 25May2018
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 'Birth Death and Marriage indexes.' Qld Govt Search Historical Records, https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Accessed 21Sep2021.
5. ↑ William Leofric Barns (1851-1880) on Find A Grave: Memorial #102747227 retrieved 06 September 2021