Mary Ann (Dennis) Barnsley (1858 - 1940)

Born 6 Aug 1858 in Burra, South Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Eugene Anthony Schubert — married 2 Oct 1879 in Rockhampton, Queensland

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1940 at age 81 in 37 Hill St, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Mary Ann (Polly) DENNIS. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Pollyanna Polly. aka Found multiple versions of name. Using Mary Ann (Polly) DENNIS.

Born Mary Ann was born soon after her mum and dad immigrated from Cornwall. Her dad was employed for his copper mining experience. She was the third child. They lived in the company town section of Burra called Kooringa. 6 AUG 1858. Burra, South Australia. Map: Latitude: S33.6667. Longitude: E138.9333. ^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]}

Died 37 Hill St, West Kogarah. 8 JUL 1940. 37 Hill St, New South Wales, Australia. ^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]}

DNA Probable DNA link - from wife to Josiah & Christiana Hocking to emi82824.

Buried Woronora Cemetery. AFT 8 JUL 1940. Woronora, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S34.0167. Longitude: E151.0333. ^[26][27]

Residence Between 1930 and 1933, Alma, Vic & their three sons moved into 37 Hill St. This was the depression years. Vic was probably working with Bill in his workshop in the back lane. ABT 1930. Carlton, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. ^[28] 37 Hill St was the home for four generations - Christiana, Bill & Mary Ann & their family, and Vic & Alma & their family. The home and the business workshop are still there today. The house name "Penryn" was later changed to "Clyde". 1912 37 Hill St, New South Wales, Australia. ^{[29][30][31][32][33]} Around this time Bill and Mary Ann moved to Sydney. ABT 1898. St Peters, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.9167. Longitude: E151.1833. 1889 Sutton Forest, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S34.5833. Longitude: E150.3167. Eugene and Polly moved back to Queensland. During their time in Queensland, Eugene would have started feeling the effects of lead poisoning brought on my his work with lead paint. Three of the children were born in Queensland. ABT 1883. Queensland Map: Latitude: S24.2424. Longitude: E149.8521. Eugene and Mary Ann (Polly) moved to Waterloo, Sydney not long after they got married. Eugene appears to have worked on the gold filigree in the Theatre Royal. Two of their children were born in Sydney. ABT 1880. Sydney, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.8833. Longitude: E151.2167. Mary Ann's dad was appointed captain of the new Peak Downs copper mine in Queensland. There were now five kids and another four would be born here. APR 1864. Clermont, Queensland. Map: Latitude: S22.8167. Longitude: E147.6334.

Occupation: Widow. ^[34]

Event: Departure 1874 Rockhampton, Queensland. Map: Latitude: S23.3833. Longitude: E150.5. ^[35] Arrival 5 JAN 1874. Sydney, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.8833. Longitude: E151.2167. ^[36] Eugene died aged 37 from lung and throat cancer caused by chronic lead poisoning (phthisis). Husband Dies. 29 DEC 1894. Sutton Forest, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S34.5833. Longitude: E150.3167. Bill and Polly's son, Clyde , was killed while fighting in France in WW1. Son Dies in WW1. 23 AUG 1918. Morlancourt, Somme, Picardie, France. Map: Latitude: N49.95. Longitude: E2.6333. Polly's husband, Bill, died. Their grandson, Vic, recalled that he slept in the same room as an older relative who was dying of throat or lung cancer. He was often woken by groans and coughing. It was cramped with seven people in the house. Husband Dies. 20 JUL 1938. 37 Hill St, New South Wales, Australia.

Marriage Husband William Thomas Barnsley. Wife Mary Ann (Polly) Dennis. Child: Alma Lillian Barnsley. Child: Cecil Clyde Barnsley. Marriage Bill was born in Sutton Forest and grew up there. Mary Ann moved to Sutton Forest a few years before her previous husband died of lead poisoning. 2 DEC 1896. St Peters, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.9167. Longitude: E151.1833. ^{[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]}

Husband Eugene Anthony Schubert. Wife Mary Ann (Polly) Dennis. Child: Edith Maude Schubert. Child: Eugene Waldemar Schubert. Child: Gertrude Eugenia Schubert. Child: Mary Jane Schubert. Child: Ruby May Schubert. Marriage Eugene was a coach builder and painter from Prussia (Germany). Mary Ann was the daughter of a mine manager. 2 OCT 1879. Rockhampton, Queensland. Map: Latitude: S23.3833. Longitude: E150.5. ^[45][46][47]

Husband Josiah Dennis. Wife Christiana Hocking. Child: Amelia Dennis. Child: Christiana Dennis. Child: Elizabeth Hocking Dennis. Child: Frederick Charles Dennis. Child: James William J Dennis. Child: Joseph Dennis. Child: Josiah Dennis. Child: Mary Ann (Polly) Dennis. Child: William Josiah Dennis. Marriage At Stoke Damerel - which is part of the city of Plymouth about 100 km from the area where Josiah and Christiana lived and grew up. Both Josiah and Christiana came from copper mining familes. 18 FEB 1854. Plymouth, Devon, England. Map: Latitude: N50.3964. Longitude: W4.1386. ^{[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]} Separated: The family story goes that there was a rift in the family between Christiana and Josiah, they apparently separated sometime prior to Josiah’s death in 1891. Josiah's movements to remote mines all over Australia was perhaps a contributor. BEF 1891. ^[55]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S89 1933, 1936, 1937 Name: William Thomas & Mary Ann Barnsley Electoral Year: 1933 & 1936 & 1937 State: New South Wales District: Barton Subdistrict: Bexley Address: 37 Hill St, W. Kogarah Occupation: Carpenter & Home Duties
2. ↑ Source: #S2 1936 Residence date: 1936 Residence place: Bexley, Barton, New South Wales, Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=auselectoralrolls&h=3918365&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
3. ↑ Source: #S2 1933 Residence date: 1933 Residence place: Bexley, Barton, New South Wales, Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=auselectoralrolls&h=16129573&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
4. ↑ Source: #S2 1937 Residence date: 1937 Residence place: Bexley, Barton, New South Wales, Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=auselectoralrolls&h=16451774&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
5. ↑ Source: #S1 Marriage date: 1879 Marriage place: Queensland Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausmarrindex&h=84289&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
6. ↑ Source: #S16 Death date: 1940 Death place: Rockdale, New South Wales Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausdeathindex&h=3584507&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
7. ↑ Source: #S47 Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Death date: 8 Jul 1940 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=aigscemetery&h=1116789&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
8. ↑ Source: #S40 Birth date: 1858 Birth place: Kooringa, South Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=5574821&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
9. ↑ Source: #S2 1937
10. ↑ Source: #S32
11. ↑ Source: #S230 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveAustralia&h=885040&indiv=try
12. ↑ Source: #S231 State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Indexes to deceased estate files; Archive Series: NRS 13341; Series: A Series (1939-1948); Reel Number: 3242 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NSWDeceasedEstateFiles&h=388695&indiv=try
13. ↑ Source: #S5
14. ↑ Source: #S58 MARY ANN DENNIS Born 6 August 1858. Mary Ann married Eugene Schubert on 2 October 1879 in Rockhampton, Mary Ann and Eugene had five children – Edith Maude, Gertrude Eugenia, Mary Jane, Eugene Waldemar and Ruby May. Eugene died on 29 December 1894 with a lung disease while living in Sutton Forrest. Mary Ann married William Barnsley in 1896 and they had two children Cecil Clyde and Alma. William died in 1938 in Rockdale and Mary Ann died on 18 January 1940 at Kogarah.
15. ↑ Source: #S89 Barnsley, Mary Ann, "Clyde", 37 Hill St, W. Kogarah, Home Duties, Female
16. ↑ Source: #S229 Name: Mary Ann Dennis Birth Date: 6 Aug 1858 Father's name: Josiah Dennis Mother's name: Christiana Hocking Birth Place: Kooringa Registration Place: Burra, South Australia Page Number: 306 Volume Number: 14
17. ↑ Source: #S47 Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Death date: 8 Jul 1940 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=aigscemetery&h=1116789&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
18. ↑ Source: #S230 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveAustralia&h=885040&indiv=try
19. ↑ Source: #S5
20. ↑ Source: #S58 Christiana and Josiah sailed for England on 24 February 1857 in the “Gilmore”. They arrived in Adelaide towards the end of the year where they remained for some time up to the late 1860s. While living in Adelaide they had three more children:
21. ↑ Source: #S6 Death: BARNSLEY MARY ANN JOSIAH CHRISTIANA ROCKDALE 15128/1940
22. ↑ Source: #S16 Death date: 1940 Death place: Rockdale, New South Wales Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausdeathindex&h=3584507&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
23. ↑ Source: #S47 Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Death date: 8 Jul 1940 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=aigscemetery&h=1116789&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
24. ↑ Source: #S230 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveAustralia&h=885040&indiv=try
25. ↑ Source: #S231 State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Indexes to deceased estate files; Archive Series: NRS 13341; Series: A Series (1939-1948); Reel Number: 3242 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NSWDeceasedEstateFiles&h=388695&indiv=try
26. ↑ Source: #S58 The family story goes that there was a rift in the family between Christiana and Josiah, they apparently separated sometime prior to Josiah’s death in 1891. In the latter part of her life Christiana lived with her daughter Mary Ann. She was always called Grandma Dennis. When the older Taylor children went to school they would call in to see Granma Dennis and she would give them a peppermint, it was too hot so after they left they would spit them out. Christiana died on 20 January 1914 at Hill Street, West Kogarah and she is buried in Woronora Cemetery with her daughter Mary Ann and William Barnsley. A funeral notice appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 21 January 1914 for Christiana– “The friends of Mr. & Mrs. W.T. Barnsley are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of their late dearly love mother, Christiana Dennis, to leave the corner of Hill Street and Webber Road, West Kogarah this afternoon at (?) o’clock for Church of England Cemetery, Sutherland via Carlton Street.”
27. ↑ Source: #S230 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveAustralia&h=885040&indiv=try
28. ↑ Source: #S231 State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Indexes to deceased estate files; Archive Series: NRS 13341; Series: A Series (1939-1948); Reel Number: 3242 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NSWDeceasedEstateFiles&h=388695&indiv=try
29. ↑ Source: #S89 1933, 1936, 1937 Name: William Thomas & Mary Ann Barnsley Electoral Year: 1933 & 1936 & 1937 State: New South Wales District: Barton Subdistrict: Bexley Address: 37 Hill St, W. Kogarah Occupation: Carpenter & Home Duties
30. ↑ Source: #S2 1936 Residence date: 1936 Residence place: Bexley, Barton, New South Wales, Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=auselectoralrolls&h=3918365&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
31. ↑ Source: #S2 1933 Residence date: 1933 Residence place: Bexley, Barton, New South Wales, Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=auselectoralrolls&h=16129573&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
32. ↑ Source: #S2 1937 Residence date: 1937 Residence place: Bexley, Barton, New South Wales, Australia Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=auselectoralrolls&h=16451774&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
33. ↑ Source: #S2 1937
34. ↑ Source: #S231 State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Indexes to deceased estate files; Archive Series: NRS 13341; Series: A Series (1939-1948); Reel Number: 3242 Record for Mary Ann Barnsley Link: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NSWDeceasedEstateFiles&h=388695&indiv=try
35. ↑ Source: #S32
36. ↑ Source: #S32
37. ↑ Source: #S42 William Thomas BARNSLEY 1 Sex: M Birth: 5 JUL 1871 in Mittagong (Berrima N.S.W.) 1 Death: 20 JUL 1938 in Rockdale N.S.W. (15003) 1 Burial: West Kogarah N.S.W. 1 Reference Number: 7191 Father: William James BARNSLEY b: 27 DEC 1847 in Gibbs Heath Birmingham. England Mother:Hannah ARGENT b: 1848 in Charlton Kent England Marriage 1 Mary A SCHUBERT (wrong surname?) Married: 1896 in St. Peters N.S.W.
38. ↑ Source: #S87 04 Marriage: Date: 2nd December 1896 Place: St Peters, NSW Previous Issue: Cecil C 2 years Living
39. ↑ Source: #S6 Marriage: BARNSLEY WILLIAM T SCHUBERT MARY A ST PETERS 8177/1896
40. ↑ Source: #S1 Marriage date: 1896 Marriage place: St Peters, New South Wales Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausmarrindex&h=3524611&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
41. ↑ Source: #S1 Marriage date: 1879 Marriage place: Queensland Link: http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausmarrindex&h=84289&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
42. ↑ Source: #S1
43. ↑ Source: #S5
44. ↑ Source: #S5
45. ↑ Source: #S120 Marriage: Schubert Eugene Dennis Mary Ann 1879/C943
46. ↑ Source: #S1 marriage date: 02 Oct 1879 marriage place: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Name: Eugene Anthony Schubert Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausmarrindex&h=84289&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
47. ↑ Source: #S1
48. ↑ Source: #S58 Christiana Hocking married Josiah Dennis in Devon, England when she was 21 years old.
49. ↑ Source: #S30 Dinnis Josiah Stoke Damerel 5b 520 Hocking Christianna Stoke Damerel 5b 520 Marriages Mar 1854
50. ↑ Source: #S34 "England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC94-675 : 27 November 2014), Josiah Dinnis and Christiana Hocking, 1854, Marriage; from "Church of England parish registers 1538-191 Name: Josiah Dinnis Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 1854 Event Place: Devon Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1832 Spouse's Name: Christiana Hocking Source Reference: Digital Folder Number: 004634238
51. ↑ Source: #S214
52. ↑ Source: #S216
53. ↑ Source: #S37
54. ↑ Source: #S216
55. ↑ Source: #S58 The family story goes that there was a rift in the family between Christiana and Josiah, they apparently separated sometime prior to Josiah’s death in 1891. In the latter part of her life Christiana lived with her daughter Mary Ann. She was always called Grandma Dennis. When the older Taylor children went to school they would call in to see Granma Dennis and she would give them a peppermint, it was too hot so after they left they would spit them out. Christiana died on 20 January 1914 at Hill Street, West Kogarah and she is buried in Woronora Cemetery with her daughter Mary Ann and William Barnsley. A funeral notice appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 21 January 1914 for Christiana– “The friends of Mr. & Mrs. W.T. Barnsley are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of their late dearly love mother, Christiana Dennis, to leave the corner of Hill Street and Webber Road, West Kogarah this afternoon at (?) o’clock for Church of England Cemetery, Sutherland via Carlton Street.”

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