Claudius Nelson Hovenden Barnier (1831 - 1915)

Born 7 Aug 1831 in Lawlers Hill, Queens, Ireland

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Died 25 Sep 1915 at age 84 in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

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Claudius was born in 1831. Claudius Barnier ... He passed away in 1915. ^[1]

Arrival to Australia 1842

Claudius Nelson Hovendon Barnier is 11 years old when he begins his journey from England to Australia. We have a copy of the family record of his traveling to Australia in 1842. William, his father is a carpenter joiner at the time, but was also a farmer for 14 years. In 1842 he is 39 years of age. He was born in Dublin. Williams father is Joseph Barnier and his mothers name is Deborah. Joseph is a Tallow Chandler.

Williams wife name is Mary, she is a farm servant. She is a Protestant. She is 30 years old and born in the month of May. Mary comes from Stradbally, Queens County. Her fathers name is Nicholas Hovendon, he is a farmer, her mothers name is Anne.

They are travelling with children. Claudius Nelson who is 11 years old, born 7th August 1831. James 6 years old born 12th July 1836. Nicholas 8 years old, born 18th of March 1834. Samuel who is 5, born 29 Dec 1837.

Thomas 2 years old, born 27 Feb 1840 Albert 7 months and 3/4, born 8th of March 1841. They are travelling with Sarah Barnier who is Williams nice, daughter of James 1796. and Bridget Gastigan in his care??? They are travelling on the ship called THERESA

They arrive in Australia 25th August 1842. There is a note at the bottom of the record with an #. It says that those people died at Pernambuco, South America in 1842, so it looks like the two youngest children have passed away. very sad in deed. [1]

25 August 1842 : Immigration - New South Wales, Australia as a Bounty Immigrant with second wife and 5 children aboard ship 'Theresa' as an Assisted Immigrant engaged by Robert FitzGerald of Windsor for 3 months with rations and travel to engagement in Windsor. Held on board ship for 10 days before being housed in Immigrant Barracks, Sydney. Listed under Number 5, 39 year old, Protestant carpenter from Dublin with wife and four children with Sarah, his17 year old niece from brother James in his care, who could read and write. Bounty: 19 shillings.

The long expected Theresa has arrived at last, with 223 Immigrants, having been out from Plymouth since the 7th January. She touched at Madeira, where she left the 24th January, and shortly after, the typhus fever broke out and raged to such an extent that it created terror throughout the whole ship, and she was consequently obliged to put into Pernambuco ; she there went into Quarantine, and did not leave that place until the 1st May. She next put into the Cape, and left on the 5th July. Thirty-three persons died during the voyage; ten out of them from typhus fever, and the remainder from various other diseases ; amongst the number were a Mr. Bissett and a Miss Bell. The Theresa spoke the Sir Charles Forbes, from London to New Zealand, on the 26th July. London to New Zealand, on the 26th July. The Olinda, Crickmay, was loading at the Cape for Hobart Town and Sydney. - The Australian, Wednesday 24 August 1842 Sources: Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842 and The Australian, Wednesday 24 August 1842 and Assisted Immigrant Passenger List

"He and his second wife, Mary Hovenden, migrated to Australia with William's three children from his first marriage and their own six sons. They came on the Theresa, which arrived in Sydney on 25th August, 1842. It had been a horrific journey. Typhoid fever had broken out when the ship was at Pernambuco, Brazil. No help at all was given to the passengers by the local authorities there and there were many deaths and near starvation on the ship. The British authorities later made a formal complaint to Brazil about this callous treatment. Mary and William lost their two youngest sons - Thomas, aged 2, and Albert, aged just 8 months." SOURCE: The Hidden Thread

Marriage 1852

Claudius marries Jane Wise 6 December 1852 in Wesleyan Chapel, New South Wales.^[2]

Death - 1915

Claudius Nelson Hovendon Barnier dies in Grafton New South Wales^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL28-Q9H : 3 December 2014), William Barnier, 25 Aug 1842; citing Ship Theresa, volume 66, Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,870.
2. ↑ Australian Marriage records
3. ↑ Find my past death records

Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Claudius Bernier [Claudius Barnier] Spouse Name: Jane Wise Marriage Date: 1852 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Maitland, West Maitland, New South Wales Registration Year: 1852 Volume Number: V