Alice (Macneil) Barrett-Lennard (1856 - 1887)

Born 29 Nov 1856 in Straits Settlements, Asia

Ancestors

Wife of Edmund Thomas Henry Barrett-Lennard — married 7 Oct 1886 in St. John's Church, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Died 28 Aug 1887 at age 30 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

The reference to Singapore / India / Straits Settlements as place of birth comes from her christening records on Family Search. It is interesting to note that she was christened in India and so this is my thinking:

The Straits Settlements is the area around the Straits of Malacca and in 1826 it included Penang / Singapore / Malacca and Dindings and it was administered by the British East India Company out of India with Singapore being the official centre for the Straits. In 1837 the Indian rupeee was made its official currency so the political / business relationship between India and the Straits was very close. Alice's father worked for the Oriental Bank Corporation in India. The bank was founded in 1842 in Bombay India and quickly became the largest trading bank in the region. It opened a branch in Singapore in 1846. Alice's parents married in Bombay India in 1852. According to her brother's obituary the family left India to escape the dangers of the Indian Mutiny / Rebellion (1857-58) and moved to Singapore where their father continued to work for the bank. Alice's brother was born in Bombay in 1863 and by 1873 the family were back in London when her father died. I haven't found any information on when they returned to London. On 28/6/1882 Alice arrived in Western Australia from London on the Chiselhurst with her three siblings Louise, Richard and Alexander.

ALICE MACNEIL (Macneil-617)

PARENTS. Robert Macneil & Ann Mainguy (Broun) Macneil

BIRTH. 29 Nov 1856, Straits Settlements, Asia

CHRISTENING. 11 Jan 1857

Name: Alice Macneil

Gender: Female

Christening Date: 11 Jan 1857

Christening Place: Singapore, Bengal, India

Birth Date: 29 Nov 1856

Father's Name: Robert Macneil

Mother's Name: Annie Maingay

MARRIAGE. 7 Oct 1886, St. John's Church, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

MARRIAGE. 7 Oct 1886, Edmund Thomas Henry Barrett-Lennard, son of George Barrett-Lennard & Elizabeth Jane (Prideaux) Lennard/Barrett-Lennard

MARRIAGE. WA BDM Marriage Reg: #6311/1886

Family name Barrett-Lennard

Given names Edmund Thomas Henry

Family name of Spouse Macneil

Given names of Spouse Alice

Place of marriage Fremantle

MARRIAGE NOTICE. BARRETT-LENNARD—MACNEIL.—On the 6th instant, at St. John's Church, Fremantle, by the Revd D. G. Watkins, EDMUND BARRETT-LENNARD, Esqre, J.P., of Annandale, Beverley, to ALICE, eldest daughter of the late Robert MacNeil, Esqre, late manager of the Oriental Bank, Bombay.

Children:

(1) Reginald Victor Barrett-Lennard, b. 14 Aug 1887, d. 10 Dec 1877

DEATH. 27 Aug 1887, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

DEATH. WA BDM Death Reg: #503/1887

Family name Barrett-Lennard

Given names Alice

Age 29

Father Unknown

Mother Unknown

Place of birth Unknown

DEATH NOTICE. BARRETT-LENNARD.—August 27, at her mother's residence, Cantonment Road, Fremantle, ALICE, wife of Edward Barrett-Lennard, of Annandale, Beverley. Aged 29.

MEMORIAL. FREMANTLE CEMETERY. Memorial Only

BARRETT LENNARD ALICE

Age 29 years

Date of Death 27/08/1887

Death of Spouse: 22 Jul 1895, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

She died at her mother's home in Cantonment St Fremantle. She possibly died following child birth.

Sources

• Christening: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGSK-CBW
• Marriage: WA BDM Marriage Reg: #6311/1886
• Marriage Notice: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Thu 7 Oct 1886, Page 2: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3758306
• Death: WA BDM Death Reg: #503/1887
• Death Notice: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Tue 30 Aug 1887, Page 2: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3758696
• Memorial: http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=FM00000247
• West Australia Passenger Lists. https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1684/31730_222261-00595/2078020?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=31730_222261-00595
• West Australia BDM records. Marriage reg 6311/1886. Death reg 503/1887.
• Death Notice. The West Australian 30/8/1887.
• Broun and Sewell Family Tree. http://members.iinet.net.au/~atkinsrj/Broun_Sewell-o/p7.htm