Agnes Alexandra Frances (Childers) Barton (1848 - 1918)

Born 31 Aug 1848 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Charles William Barton J.P. D.L. — married 26 Oct 1876 (to 3 Oct 1890) in St. Paul, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England

Died 12 Aug 1918 at age 69 in Glendalough House, County Wicklow, Ireland

Biography

Agnes Alexandra Frances Childers was born on 31 August 1848^[1]. She was the daughter of Reverend Charles Childers and Dulcibella Chester.

Her mother Dulcibella died on 7 November 1865 at about age 60.

Agnes married Charles William Barton on 26 October 1876 at St. Paul, Clifton, Gloucestershire, after Banns^[2]. The witnesses were her sister Florence Isabella Childers and Robert Barton.

They went on to have about nine children:

1. Frances Margaret Barton (b. 21 Dec 1877)
2. Mary Barton (b. 21 Dec 1877)
3. Dulcibella Barton (b. 25 Dec 1879, d. 6 Jun 1956)
4. Hugh Barton (b. 14 Mar 1881)
5. Robert Childers Barton (b. 14 Mar 1881, d. 10 Aug 1975)
6. Charles Erskine Barton (b. 7 Dec 1882, d. 23 Aug 1918 from Gas Poisoning WWI)
7. Thomas Eyre Barton (b. 15 Aug 1884, d. Aug 1916 KIA WWI)
8. Agnes Rose Barton (b. 1890, d. 16 May 1892)

Her husband Charles died on 3 October 1890.

Her father died on 15 February 1896 at age 89. In his Will he bequeathed to Agnes the sum of £1,000.

In the 1901 Ireland Census, Agnes A T Barton (aged 53 and Land Owner and Labour Employer) was recorded living at Drummin, Glendalough, Wicklow. Also in the household were her two daughters Frances Margaret Barton (23) and Dulcibella Barton (21), her nephew Henry Childers (32), and six servants^[3].

Agnes Alexandra Frances Barton died on about 12 August 1918 at Glendalough House, County Wicklow, widow of a gentleman, aged 70, reported by Robert C. Barton ^[4]. She was buried at Derralossary Churchyard Cemetery, Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland^[5].

Her Will was proved in Dublin to her son Robert Childers Barton, esquire. Effects £3949 1s. 9d. in England. Sealed London 2 December 1918.

Sources

1. ↑ Family Tree for Agnes Alexandra Frances Childers found at www.familysearch.org
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFT8-CQ7 : 25 February 2022), Agnes Alexandra Frances Childers in entry for Charles William Barton, 1876.
3. ↑ https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wicklow/Glendalough/Drummin/1812581/
4. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05180/4430369.pdf
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243739017/agnes-alexandra_frances-barton: accessed 16 December 2023), memorial page for Agnes Alexandra Frances Childers Barton (31 Aug 1848–12 Aug 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #243739017, citing Derralossary Churchyard Cemetery, Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland; Maintained by Eireannach (contributor 48879922)

See also:

• Wicklow County Archives