Family Group Sheets

Four family units, cross-referenced. Dashes mark facts not held.

Sheet 1 · James Barnes & Emily Keziah Borrman

Husband

Born31 Mar 1854, Garnett House, Strickland Ketel, Westmorland

Died22 Jun 1914, Kelso, NSW (acute cholangitis)

BuriedHoly Trinity cemetery, Kelso

ParentsAnthony Barnes & Margaret Ellwood → Sheet 3

OccupationNSW Police, first-class constable (1880-1914)

PropertyLand at (mod.) Boyd St, Kelso, bought 1913

Estate£389 16s 2d net (NSW) + £266 10s (England)

2nd marriageLavinia Agnes Borrman, 1910 → Sheet 2

FaithChurch of England

Sourcepolice register #4341; death cert 1914/007588; probate 1914

Wife

Born12 Nov 1864, Kangaroo Gully (Bendigo), Victoria

Died3 Jun 1908, Kelso, NSW (tuberculosis)

BuriedHoly Trinity cemetery, Kelso

ParentsTheodore Borrman & Keziah Tilley → Sheet 4

OccupationDomestic servant, then housewife

FaithChurch of England (b. Lutheran family)

Sourcebirth reg. 24727 (Vic); death cert 1908/004632

Marriage

Date21 October 1891

PlaceSt John's Church, Wentworth, NSW

Reg. no.1891/008147

ReligionChurch of England

WitnessesLily Coutts Dunn & Frank B. Dunn

SourceNSW marriage certificate 1891/008147

Children

#	Name	Born	Notes / later life
1	Constance Violet (m. Redding)	9 Apr 1896, Wentworth	m. Edgar E. Redding 1919; d. 1974
2	Cecil Howard (m. Gibson)	14 Dec 1897, Kangaroo Flat, Vic	railway, then A.I.F.; m. Ethel Gibson; d. 4 Dec 1944
3	Fredricka 'Freda' (m. Brainwood)	2 Feb 1900, Wentworth	missionary; m. Ernest Brainwood 1922; d. 11 Aug 1936, Cairns
4	Myrtle (elder twin)	11 Feb 1902, Wentworth	died in infancy, Oct 1903; buried North Sydney
5	Ivy 'Doll' (younger twin, m. King-Davies)	11 Feb 1902, Wentworth	m. Samuel King-Davies 1922; d. 1999; key family witness

Sheet 2 · James Barnes & Agnes Lavinia Borrman (second marriage)

Husband

SeeJames Barnes → Sheet 1

Status at marriageWidower, 56

OccupationFirst-class constable, Kelso

Wife

Born1873, Kangaroo Gully (Bendigo), Victoria

Died1939

ParentsTheodore Borrman & Keziah Tilley → Sheet 4

OccupationDomestic duties; nursed her sister Emily; executrix of James's estate

Sourcemarriage transcription 1910/4276; probate 1914

Marriage

Date23 June 1910

PlaceThe Police Station, Kelso, Turon Shire

Reg. no.1910/4276

ReligionCongregational (family memory: 'became Baptists')

MinisterJ. Marshall Brown

WitnessesJ. E. Thurling & W. R. A. Musgrove

SourceNSW marriage registration 1910/4276

Children

#	Name	Born	Notes / later life	Source
1	No children of this marriage	—	—

Sheet 3 · Anthony Barnes & Margaret Ellwood (James's parents)

Husband

Born1821, Selside, Westmorland

Died19 Jan 1909, West View, Selside

OccupationFarmer, Garnett House (188 acres, 3 labourers)

Estategross £1,936 / net £1,900 (1909)

Source1871/1881 census; probate 1909

Wife

Born1827, Kendal, Westmorland

Died7 Jun 1896, Strickland Ketel

ParentsJohn Ellwood & Agnes Hoggarth

Sourcecensus; parish records

Marriage

Date1849

PlaceKendal, Westmorland

SourceEngland & Wales marriage index

Children

#	Name	Born	Notes / later life
1	John Ellwood Barnes	1849	died 1856 (aged ~7)
2	Agnes Barnes	1851	gave James the 1862 Bible
3	James Barnes	31 Mar 1854	→ Sheet 1
4	Margaret Barnes	1857	—
5	William Barnes	1859	England
6	Ann Barnes	1861	—
7	Amelia Barnes	1864	—
8	Anthony Barnes	1870	Cape Police; Boer War POW at Pretoria, 1900

Sheet 4 · Carl Heinrich 'Theodore' Borrman & Keziah Tilley (Emily's parents)

Husband

Born7 Apr 1824, Steinseifen, Silesia, Prussia

Died1904, Bendigo, Victoria

OccupationMiller's son; carpenter / mining engineer on the goldfields

ArrivalMelbourne 1849, ship 'Wappaus'

SourceLutheran church & BDM records

Wife

Born1834, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

Died20 May 1884, Kangaroo Flat, Victoria

ParentsCharles Tilley & Mary Ann Simpson

Notesigned her marriage with a cross (illiterate)

ArrivalMelbourne, 4 Jan 1854

Sourcecensus; passenger lists; BDM

Marriage

Date6 February 1855

PlaceThomastown, Victoria

ReligionLutheran

SourceVictoria marriage record

Children

#	Name	Born	Notes / later life
1	Albert Edward	1856	d. 1873
2	Charles Henry	1857	d. 1940
3	Frederick William	1860	d. 1922
4	Rudolph Theodore	1861	d. 1878
5	Emily Keziah (m. Barnes)	1864	→ Sheet 1
6	Arthur Edwin	1867	died in infancy 1867
7	William Arthur	1868	d. 1944
8	Edwin Alfred	1871	d. 1925; ran a business at Wentworth (drew Emily there)
9	Agnes Lavinia (m. Barnes)	1873	→ Sheet 2
10	Wilhelmina Henrietta 'Min' (m. Musgrove)	1877	m. W. R. A. Musgrove (James's brother-in-law)
11	Violet May	1880	d. 1979