Harriett Ellen (Guinness) Barlow (1839 - 1931)

Born 28 Nov 1839 in Ardcotton Glebe, Coolloney, County Sligo, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Brabazon John Barlow R.N. — married 5 Jun 1866 in st lukes, st helier's, Jersey, Channel Islands

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1931 at age 91 in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

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Biography

Harriett (Guinness) Barlow was born in Ireland.

Harriett Ellen Guinness was born on 28 November 1839 in County Sligo, Ireland. Her father Reverend William Newton Guinness of the famous Guinness brewing family was aged 29, and her mother, Harriette Le Poer Trench, was 27 years of age. Notice of her birth was printed on page 3 of the Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette dated 30 November 1839:

At Ardiston [sic] Glebe, Collooney, county of Sligo, the lady of the Rev. William Newton Guinness, of a daughter.^[1]

Sadly her mother Harriette died in about November 1839, in or soon after childbirth. Her father remarried, to Elizabeth Percival. She died in 1845, and he remarried for a third time, to Harriet Frances Day, on 24 February 1852.

In 1855 Harriett sailed from Liverpool, England to Melbourne, Australia with her father, her stepmother Harriet and her three siblings Zara, Henry and Arthur, along with one servant, aboard the ship Shalimar under Captain A. Robertson. They departed from Liverpool on 20 July 1855, and arrived into Hobson's Bay on 16 October 1855^[2].

At some stage she returned to the United Kingdom, and went on to marry Brabazon John Barlow on 5 June 1866 at St. Luke's, St. Helier's, Jersey, Channel Islands. Notice of their marriage was printed on page 26 of the Home News for India, China and the Colonies dated 11 June 1866:

MARRIAGES.

BARLOW-GUINNESS - June 5, at St. Luke's, St. Helier's, Jersey, Brabazon John, son of the Rev. W. Barlow, rector of Creggan, county Armagh, Ireland, to Harriette Ellen, daughter of the Rev. W. N. Guinness, rector of South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia.^[3]

They had four children during their marriage.

Her father William died on 5 April 1894 in Ireland at age 83.

Her husband Brabazon died on 13 March 1900.

In the 1901 England Census enumerated on 31 March 1901, Harriet Ellen Barlow (aged 78) was recorded as a Visitor in the household of Joseph William Collings (50, Sewing Machine Salesman) and his wife Matilda Sarah Collings (51) in Grosvenor Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Also in the household was her unmarried daughter Ada Olivia Barlow (40)^[4].

Harriett Ellen Guinness died on 22 January 1931 at the age of 92, and was buried with her late husband at Dover (Saint James) Cemetery, Old Charlton Road, Dover, Kent, England^[5]. Her Will was proved on 18 May 1931 at London, Middlesex, England^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette dated 30 November 1839 page 3 (requires subscription to view)
2. ↑ The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Wednesday, 17 October 1855, Page 4
3. ↑ Home News for India, China and the Colonies dated 11 June 1866 page 26 (requires subscription to view)
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X916-PZP : 8 April 2016), Harriet Ellen Barlow in household of Joseph William Collings, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,"
5. ↑ https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/26123720
6. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7X66-K4T2 : 25 February 2019), Harriette Ellen Barlow, 18 May 1931; citing Probate, City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .

See also:

• Harriette Ellen Guinness
  • Gender: Female
  • Notice Type: Marriage
  • Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1866
  • Marriage Place: St Helier's, Jersey
  • Father: W N Guinness
  • Spouse: Brabazon John Barlow
  • Publication Date: 12 Jun 1866