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![]() ![]() Thomas Charles Barnard, oldest son born to parents Thomas Barnard and mother Mary Ann Axten, was born 8 Feb 1819 at Great Hormead, and baptised June 13, 1819 at Little Hadham Hertfordshire, England.
Thomas Charles Barnard marriage to MARIA COOPER at St James Church, Bermondsey took place on May 5th. 1844 in Bermondsey, London. Maria was the daughter of WILLIAM COOPER and ANN LUFT and was born September 21, 1825 in Beddington, Kent England.Marriage
- Thomas Barnard, full age (25), batchelor,
Watchmaker of Prospect
Row, Father Thomas
Barnard (deceased) to Maria Cooper, full age (19), spinster of
Grange
Road, Father William
Cooper, gardener; Witnesses - James Morgan and Elisabeth Cooper (Maria's
sister
The London cholera epidemics caused not only deaths of Thomas's brothers and sisters in infancy but was the reason these children of Thomas and Maria were lost:JANE MARIA - b:
Mar Q 1845 St. Olives, Southwark, London; Bap: 12 Apr. 1846
MARY ANN - b:
Sep Q 1849, Bapt. 23 Dec 1849 at St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey d: Bef.
1856; Thomas and
Maria decided to take their five surviving children and immigrate to
New Zealand and start a new life.
CHARLES THOMAS - b. Mar Qtr
1846 Bermondsey; Bapt. 12 Apr 1846 St Mary Magdalene
WILLIAM - b.
1847 Bermondsey; Bapt 12 Jan 1851 St Mary Magdalene
SARAH - b 12
Nov 1850, Bermondsey; Bapt 12 Jan 1851 St Mary Magdalene; at Queens
Rd
EDWARD - b. Dec Qtr
1852 Bermondsey; Bapt. 8 May 1853 St Mary Magdalene
EMMA - b. 10
Dec 1853 Bermondsey; Bapt. 26 Aug 1855 St Mary Magdalene; Living at
Alfred Terrace
The family left on the ship "Surge", 543 tons
commanded by Captain Jarvis and
sailed August 31st from London and arrived at Wellington December 16th
1855, with 89 passengers
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