William Henry Barriball (1851 - 1923)

Born 1851 in Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 21 Aug 1923 at about age 72 in Waiuku, Auckland, New Zealand

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William Barriball lived in Waiuku, Auckland, New Zealand.

Biography

NOT TO BE CONFUSED with his nephew of the same name William Henry Barriball (1859-1927).

William Henry Barriball was the son of Charles and Ann Barriball who had emigrated to New Zealand from Cornwall. His parents first settled in Mount Eden, where it is believed William was born, then moved to Waiuku taking up a land grant there.

William became a farmer in Waiuku like his father before him.

He married and had four children. His sons were Daniel Henry Ivor Barriball and William Roy Lesley Barriball. His daughters were Zilla Segetia Beatrice Barriball and Ada Jessie Winifred Barriball.

William died in an accident, falling from his cart when he was visiting one of his sons, and broke his neck. This accident was reported in the Auckland Star on 21 August 1923. He was 72 years old.

Initial accident report William Barriball 1923

He was known in the community as an active member of the Waiuku Methodist Church.

Sources

• New Zealand Birth Index
• NZ BDM Online - Death registration - Births Deaths and Marriages Online, Department of Internal Affairs, Death reg no. 1923/7855 for William Henry Barriball, 72 yrs
• Newspaper accounts of death- see NZ Papers Past, AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LIV, ISSUE 199, 21 AUGUST 1923 [1], EVENING POST, VOLUME CVI, ISSUE 45, 22 AUGUST 1923 [2], NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LX, ISSUE 18484, 22 AUGUST 1923 [3], PUKEKOHE & WAIUKU TIMES, VOLUME 11, ISSUE 835, 24 AUGUST 1923 [4]
• Probate "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2XL-TQ7D : 11 January 2017), William Henry Barriball, 1923; citing Auckland, , record number 16676, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.