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Joseph William Barnard

JOSEPH (JOE) WILLIAM BARNARD  was b: 02 Oct 1893 in Wellington; Occ Bank Manager; d: 16 May 1979 in Auckland Age: 85 - he was living at 1/29 Inkerman St, Royal Oak. Crem: 18 May 1979, Purewa Cemetery. Plot: Waitakere Cemetery, SOLDIERS ASH BURIAL K Row 3a, Plot 238

Time Line:

1914 Nelson electoral roll; living at Takaka; bank clerk The bank kept him in this small town until he resigned to join the army under a falsified age WW1. He fought on Gallipoli in the last reinforcement to on onto Gallipoli and was wounded in France and returned to NZ 1917.

WW1 - JOSEPH WILLIAM BARNARD; Category Nominal Roll Vol 1; Rank Private; Regimental No. 6/2534; Body or Daft - Sixth; Canterbury Infantry Battalion; Marital Status - single; Last NZ address - Takaka; Next of kin H J Barnard of Eltham

1918 - Married (1) 23 Oct 1918 in Methodist Church, Taranaki St. Wellington to OONA MAY FERGUSON  daughter of MATHEW FERGUSON and MARY CRESSWELL. She was b: 10 Nov 1894 in Christchurch, and d: 13 Sep 1974 in Wellington.(Div. 1953) 

Barnard - Ferguson - On 23 October 1918 at the Methodist Church, Taranaki St, by Chaplain - Captain Sharp, Quartermaster Sergeant J W Barnard (C.I.R.) fourth son of Mr H J Barnard, Island Bay to Oona May Ferguson, eldest daughter of Mrs J Heggie, of Eltham.

1922 - Wairarapa electoral roll; living at Wakelin St, Carterton, clerk with wife Oona

1929 - Bank Clerk, Carterton He was one of the youngest ever appointed as a manager of a branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

1931 - Wairarapa electoral roll; living at 42 Kent St, Carterton; bank accountant with wife Oona

1938 - Wairarapa electoral roll; living at Main St, Greytown; bank accountant with wife Oona

They div: 1949 and Joseph mar: (2) 10 Oct 1953 in Paddington NSW to AROHA MARY PEACOCK , daughter of GAVIN PEACOCK and NAOMI WILSON. She was b: 01 Jul 1905 in Putararu, and d: 14 Oct 2009 in Auckland.

1963 - Eden electorate; living at 12 Arcadia Rd;SE3; retired with wife Aroha

1975 - Onehunga electorate; living at 29 Inkerman St with wife Aroha, retired - his last address.

Notes for OONA MAY: b: 10 Nov 1895 d: 1974 Age: 78 Years

1943 - Wellington suburbs; living at Kotari Rd, Days Bay;

1954 - Petone electoral roll; living at Kotari Rd, Day's Bay; mar

1954 - Karori Electoral roll; living at 196 Glenmore St Wgtn West; married

1963 - Wellington Central Electoral roll; living at 168a Tinakori Road; married

Newspaper: Death - Sept 13, 1974 (suddenly) loved mother of Joline (Mrs T R D Sanders, Rissington) Bill (London) Oona (Mrs A K Grant) and the late Graham; mother-in-law of Mairi, Thomas and Alister, loved grandmother of Maryanne, Wendy, John, Adam and g-g-grandmother of Nicholas. Aged 80 years. Messages to 81 Grant Rd., Service St Andrews Presbyterian Church, the Terrace, Sept 16, 1974 and private interment Makara Cem: Plot Number: 09/3

Children of JOSEPH BARNARD and OONA FERGUSON are:

i. JOLINE REL BARNARD was b: 29 Aug 1919 in Greytown, and d: 25 Mar 1989. She mar: 10 Nov 1948 THOMAS RUSSELL DRURY SANDERS  b: 24 Mar 1915; Occ: Farmer "Mt Temple", Napier; d: 1995

School:: Admitted Carterton, 23.12.1925, left for Greytown 17.4.1928; father J W Barnard c/o Bank of N.Z.

1943 Wellington South electoral roll; living at 169 Hanson St, spinsterOn marrying a farmer in a very rural area, Joline worked very hard at mending long-standing rifts between alienated families in the district. She died of motor neurone disease.

Children of JOLINE BARNARD and THOMAS SANDERS are:

i. MARY ANNE SANDERS b: Napier, Occ: Lecturer in English. She mar: Adelaide to ROBERT GLEN SWARTZ, b: Gawler, Sth. Australia son of CLARENCE SWARTZ and JACQUELINE BENNETT. Their family MATHEW THOMAS and NERISA MARY SWARTZ .

ii. WENDY ELIZABETH SANDERS was born 16 Nov 1951, and died 21 Apr 1994 aged 42. She married PAUL CHISNALL Oct 1971. Their son NICHOLAS CHISNALL 

iii. JOHN MARCUS SANDERS mar ?; Children of are: JESSICA JUBILEE ADVAITE and AHYSSIA SANDERS.

 
 

ii. GRAHAM CRESSWELL BARNARD,

b. 17 Jan 1923, Carterton; Occ: Clerk; d. 13 Jul 1945, Wellington.22Y (Electrocuted when working on radar equipment in RNZAF at Wellington Last Unit Served - Chief of Mechanical Engineers Staff )
 
ROLL OF HONOUR. DEATH. BARNARD. Accidentally killed at Palmer Head on July 13, 1945, Pte.Graham Cresswell dearly-beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barnard, Kotari Rd., Day's Bay. Aged 23 years Bur: 16-07-1945 Cem: Karori Soldiers, Plot No: 31 M/3

His name is commemorated on the Greytown Memorial Swimming Baths which were erected in memory of those who fell in WW2.Listed at top: G BARNARD

iii. OONA MAE BARNARD, (b. 05 May 1929, Greytown; Occ: Gen Mngr Scholl NZ Ltd; d. 20 May 2003) lived 81 Grant Road, Thorndon, Wellington; mar: (1) HENRY (HARRY) LARNEY, 11 Oct 1954, London; b. England; d. 1989;

 

mar: (2) 15 Oct 1971 to ALISTER ALAN KEITH GRANT, Wellington, New Zealand; b. Christchurch. Occ: National Bank;

3. WILLIAM FERGUSON was born in Carterton. He mar: MAIRI MACLEOD in Marlybone, London, daughter of JOHN MACLEOD and MARIE BURGESS. She was b:  in Portree, Isle of Sky, Scotland. Their son ADAM MACLEOD BARNARD, b. New Barnet, Herfordshire, England.

 


Graham Cresswell Barnard;     Oona Mae Barnard;      William Ferguson Barnard;
 

Notes for AROHA MARY PEACOCK:

1981 - Onehunga electorate; living at 29 Inkerman St; mar

1984 - Onehunga electoral roll; Living at 29 Inkerman St; Mar

1996 - Waitakere electoral roll; living at49/38 Golf Rd, Green Bay; retired - roll says name Aroha Muriel Blanche...?

2004 - New Lynn electorate; living at 49/38 Golf Road; retired (Aroha Muriel Blanche)

2005 - Srce of Article Western Leader, 1 July 2005; Titirangi resident Aroha Barnard is celebrating her 100th birthday with family and friends.

2008 New Lynn Electorate; living at 38 Golf Rd, New Lynn; ret

Death: 11 Oct 2009 in Auckland: Aroha Barnard: Aged 104. Much loved and admired great aunt of Larry, Kevan, Glen, Greg and Kristy. You will be missed.

Published Thursday, October 15 2009 Photo of Aroha Barnard. "Centenarians" Author Stephen Forbes

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