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Charles Thomas Barnard
Mar Q 1846 - 23 Oct 1892 |
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Elizabeth Ann (Lizzie) Holland
Abt 1852 - 21 Jan 1906 |
Marriage - 12th
May 1870, Catholic Church,
Christchurch
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Charles Thomas Barnard eldest child of Thomas
and Maria Barnard was born at Bermondsey London and was 9 when
the family immigrated to Canterbury. The family lived at first
above the watchmaker shop at Cashell street where Thomas
his father had his business. After completion of schooling
learnt his trade as a carpenter.
In 1866 the Barnard family sold and moved
to Rangiora where Thomas Charles Barnard purchased the Rangiora
Hotel. At the same time, the run Fernside, had been cut up into cropping
farms so he also pruchased a freehold 50 acre farm at Moeraki Downs
in close proximity to Rangiora. The Rangiora Electoral Roll for 1868 and
1872/73 notes Charles Thomas Barnard on Section 4090 near
Rangiora; 50 acres;. Another block (Sect
2866) was also owned by ?? Barnard on the North Bank of the Ashley
River
Marriage: On May 12 1870 at the Catholic
Church, Chas. Holland (25) occupation given as farmer and Elizabeth
Holland (18) occupation 'lady", made these Marriage Vows witnessed
by Margaret Holland, Cornelius Sexton
I, the undersigned promise before God, never
to interfere with the religion of my wife and to let her bring up all our
children, if any, in the Catholic Church. Signed: Chas. Barnard;
Cornelius Sexton
I the undersigned, promise before God, never
to depart from the Catholic Church and to bring up all our children, if
any, in the same church and to do what it is in my power with the help of
God's grace, to lead my husband to enter the same church. Signed:
Elizabeth Holland, Margaret Holland
Their first 3 children were baptised at
Christchurch in this Catholic Cathedral
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The photo on left was taken by Charles's brother Edward
Barnard - a carpenter's timber yard with stacks of sawn timber drying for
construction. It is not known who the man pictured is, or
if it was taken at Rangiora. Time period - before Edward's death in
1875
Charles's father Thomas Barnard got into financial
difficulty, became bankrupt - the hotel and watchmaker's shop were sold.
Thomas and Maria moved to Greytown in the Wairarapa in 1872.
It is unknown when Charles sold the farm but he moved
back to Christchurch with Elizabeth about this time also.
In 1877 the Star on 18 June 1877 reported that Charles
Barnard and his wife, Elizabeth Barnard were in court for obstructing
the City Council on six separate charges. The City
Inspector stated that he had ordered some men to construct a drain, under
Section 22 of the Act, upon sections belonging to the Barnards, for the
purpose of carrying off storm water They employed Mr Wynn
Williams to defend the charge, and he showed that the
Barnard's land had been filled up by order of the City Council, and
that it was now higher than the adjoining property which the Council
sought to relieve. Mr Williams contended that there was no necessity. for
such a drain, and that they could not, in fairness be allowed to out
through this land to get to other property; Furthermore, no notice had
been given to them as owners of the property. The court
was told that as fast as the workmen of the City Council cut the
drain, the defendant and his wife filled it up again. Mr Williams said
clearly Section 22 applied to a man's own property only; and clause 228
guarded a man's private rights. There could be no doubt that the
drain projected by the Council was not for the benefit of the accused and
the court was told that the proceedings were most arbitrary, for they had
tried to frighten the accused first, and had then laid six informations
against him. The Bench held that clause 220 referred to the land upon
which the water was lying, and that to go through other land the
requirements of clause 219 must be complied with - all the
charges were dismissed.
In 1881, Charles moved from north
Christchurch (he retained ownership of his freehold section at
Aldred Street, Part town reserve 73 with a value of £200) and went
to live at Chertsey which is near Ashburton; continuing
his carpentry business 1887 - Ashburton Sup. Roll: Charles Thomas
Barnard, Freehold Netherby; Carpenter Lot 26 part rural section 5809
On 1888 the Ashburton Guardian reports the court
outcome of an Irish scrap when tempers flare. Fiesty Elizabeth is
again in court. She charges Mary Ann Kane on 2 counts
of using obsene language. A cross-information charged Mrs
Barnard with having used insulting language towards Mrs Kane.
Evidence was called from a neighbour Mr White who
said on the 21st he heard two boys talking in Mrs Barnard's garden
and Mrs Kane went to them and spoke loudly and abusively. Mrs Barnard
ordered her boy to come in, he obeyed and Mrs Kane followed him. Mrs
Barnard told Mrs Kane that she would not hear her boy called a liar and
ordered her off the premises. Mrs Kane then became very abusive, calling
Mrs Barnard a lying vagabond, and saying she would smash her b... y nose
in. Mrs Kane while there repeated her language and then went away
- the affair lasted about half an hour. About half-past five on
Sunday morning Mr White was awakened by a noise and went to
the window and saw Mrs Kine walking up and down the footpath calling
Mrs Barnard disgusting names. Mrs Barnard said that
she lived next door to Mrs Kane in Princes street, Netherby.
On Friday the 21st her boy and Mrs Kane's son were speaking together.
Mrs Kane came out and abused the boys because the lads mentioned her
children's names. Elizabeth waited five mlnutes for her to go so then went
out and asked her to stop abusing the boys and leave her premises.
Kane returned to her own ground and applied bad words. Mrs
Barnard said she would tell Mr Kane and the defendant replied that if
she did she wonld break the b... nose on her face and on
Sunday she was awoken by Mrs Kane calling out her names and using
very bad language towards her. Frank Barnard, Elizabeth's son, gave
corroborative evidence. Mrs Kane denied the Friday evidence and said
that she did not apply any bad names to Mrs Barnard but that Mrs
Barard called her a "low blackguard." However on the Sunday, when in
her own ground, she might have called her a whore. She said she was not
out on the street on Sunday morning and was not outside her fence
till the evening of that day. She was cautioned by the Bench and
reiterated her denial of previous witness's statements that she had been
out on the street about six o'clock on Sunday morning. Norah Kane, her
daughter said that on the Friday in question she heard Mrs Barnard call
witness's mother a low blackguard and that Mrs Barnard said that she would
complain to Mr Kane, and Mrs Kane replied that she ought to go and live
with him. Norah got up about half past five on Sunday morning. Her
mother was out about half-past five but not out on the road. Witness saw
her after she went outside; she was standing still and she stopped out
about ten minutes. She had not heard her say anything while
outside, she came in and never went out till she went to mass about
half past ten, and if someone said she was making a great noise it was
untrue because she was in the bedroom in front of the house. Mr
W.W. White was recalled and stated that on Sunday the 23rd when Mrs Kane
used the words attributed to her she was on the public footpath outside
Mrs Barnard's gate - it was about a quarter to six and she remained
there till about six. Witness saw her later on, about ten or eleven,
coming home to her own house through the back of her section. The Bench
ordered a conviction to be entered up on the first .charge and
inflicted a sentence of 14 days' imprisonment on the second. They added
that they were distinctly of opinion -that perjury had been committed by
the accused. She had sworn that she had not been outside her premises, but
the .evidence of two or three witnesses went to show that she had been on
the footpath .on the Sunday morning. The Bench looked upon the crime of
perjury as very serious one and the police' would be Instructed to take
action The cross Information against Mrs Barnard was dismissed closing the
matter.
Concerns about Charles's health caused the family to move
back to Christchurch and 1892 proved a bad year. Elizabeth's
last child Herbert Rowland died at only 6 months at the end of February
and then on the 23rd of October 1892, husband Charles went missing. The
paper reported "Mr Barnard, of Andover Street, Carlton
Terrace, stated to the police yesterday morning that his father, an
elderly man, had gone to bed on Saturday night as usual at about eleven
o'clock, but was missing from the house in the morning. The old man
has been. suffering acutely of late from cancer in the face. Constables
Koster and Llewellyn searched the park and along the river during a good
part of yesterday, but failed*. to find any trace of the missing man.
(Charles was only 46 years) The Evening Post, Wellington reported
on 27 October 1892 a telegraph had been received and the body
of Charles Thomas Barnard, an elderly man, who was suffering from cancer
in the face, had been found in the river Avon. He left his home at St.
Albans at an early hour on Sunday morning. At the inquest an open verdict
"found drowned" was returned. He was buried at Linwood Cemetery Block No
22, Lot 25, 28th Oct.

Elizabeth was left coping alone with 10 children but over
the next 12 years was able to see them grow and celebrate the
marriages of Charles, Hugh, Leonard and Elizabeth. In 1903
Father-in-law Thomas Barnard died and his wife Maria returned south to
Christchurch. January 1906 Elizabeth herself succumbed to cancer
after a 6 month illness.Informant at time of Death was Maria Barnard.
Star , Issue 8528, 22 January 1906 -. BARNARD. - January
21st, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr Jacobsen, of Heywood Terrace,
Richmond, Eliz. Ann, relict of the late Mr Charles T. Barnard, of Andover
Street, Merivale; aged fifty-four years. Deeply regretted.

Elizabeth was buried 23rd Jan at Linwood Cemetery Block
No: 43, Plot No: 128
For information about Elizabeth's Holland family see Stephen Nichol's site.
Linwood Cemetery, Nov. 2008: Norma Bennett visits her great-grandparent's graves - on left, Charles Barnard; right, wife Elizabeth's grave. Their son Edward Albert was buried 15 Oct 1907 with his
mother.
CHILDREN of CHARLES AND ELIZABETH
BARNARD
1 Charles Cooper Barnard - Born: 23 Mar
1871, Christchurch, Canterbury
Died: 18 Mar 1942 at
Christchurch, Canterbury
Married: 25 Apr 1901 in: St
Mary's, Manchester St, Christchurch : Ellen Flannery
2 Francis Holland Barnard - Born: 09 Nov 1872,
Christchurch, Canterbury
Died: 24 Jun 1936 at
Christchurch, Canterbury
Married: 14 May 1913 in: Holy
Trinty, Avonside, Christchurch : Ethel Rosendale
3 Hugh Henry Joseph Barnard - Born:
22 Sep 1874, Columbo St., Christchurch
Died: 25 Apr 1940 in: St Georges
Private Hospital, Christchurch
Married: 14 Feb 1901 in: House of
Thomas Hullett, Armagh Street, Christchurch : Eva Gertrude Hullett
4 Edward Albert Barnard - Born: 09 May
1876, Ashburton, Canterbury
Died: 13 Oct 1907 in: Public
Hospital, Christchurch, Canterbury
5 Leonard Arthur Barnard - Born: 27 Dec
1878, Tinwald, Ashburton
Died: 06 May 1954 in:
Christchurch, Canterbury
Married: 06 Jul 1905 in:
Christchurch : Jane Constance Dalton
6 Elizabeth Barnard - Born: 30 Oct 1880,
Ashburton, Canterbury
Died: 01 Dec 1880 in:
Rakaia, Canterbury
7 Elizabeth Mary Barnard - Born: 10 Sep 1881,
Ashburton, Canterbury
Died: 20 Oct 1938, Christchurch,
Canterbury
Married: 27 Oct 1903 in: Sea View Rd, New Brighton, Christchurch : Olaf Jacobsen
8 Catherine (Kate) Emma Barnard - Born:
11 Sep 1883, Ashburton, Canterbury
Died: 22 May 1956, Christchurch,
Canterbury
Married: 27 Dec. 1923 in: Chertsey :
Thomas Michael Devane son of Patrick and Elizabeth (nee Butler)Devane, hotel proprieter of Ashburton. Thomas was B. 23/2/1883 Ashburton; D. 20/8/1951 Christchurch
9 ; Edmund William (Boss) Barnard - Born:
07 Dec 1884, Ashburton, Canterbury
Died: 19 May
1959, Christchurch, Canterbury
Married: 18 Aug 1915 : Laura
Ann Jones
10 Clara Alice Barnard - Born: 16 Jun
1887, Ashburton, Canterbury
Died: 13 Jun 1919 - 4
Albany St, Christchurch
Married: 25 Apr 1912 :
Albert Charles Beken
11 Vincent Gilbert Barnard - Born: 01 Apr
1890, Christchurch, Canterbury
Died: 26 Jun 1976 -
Christchurch, Canterbury
Married: 25 Feb 1921 :
Florence Harriett Wheeler
12 Herbert Rowland Barnard - Born: 26 Aug
1891, Christchurch, Canterbury
Died: 22 Feb 1892 - 99
Salisbury Street, Christchurch
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