East Stoke, Dorsetshire, England; Merino, Ararat, Moyston, Stawell & Digby, Victoria, Australia
John BARNES b. 1836, East Stoke, Dorsetshire, England son of Joseph BARNES & Elizabeth / Jane ____, was married in 1858 in Dorsetshire to Abigail COBB b. c1838, East Stoke, Dorsetshire daughter of Samuel COBB & Jane CHAMP.
John & Abigail BARNES emigrated to Australia on the "Jessie Munn" arriving at Melbourne in Feb 1859.
Abigail COBB was a half sister to Jane COBB wife of James HISCOCK who were farming at Lower Crawford (near Hotspur) in south-west Victoria.
Abigail BARNES died at Digby and was buried in the Digby Cemetery in 1907.
John BARNES owned land at Digby from 1913 - 1917.
John BARNES died at Digby and was buried in the Digby Cemetery in 1917.
John BARNES & Abigail COBB had the following children:
- Elizabeth Jane BARNES b. 1862, Merino, Vic, d. 1873, Portland, Victoria;
- Bessie BARNES b. 1864, "Barton Station" (nr Ararat), Victoria, d. 1943, Ballarat, Vic. m. 1887 James Johnstone MILNE 1861-1910 and they had the following children...
- James Anthony Barnes MILNE b. 1888, Brighton, Vic, m. Annie Josephine ALLARDICE
- Louisa MILNE b. 1892, Hotspur, Vic, m. Donald Roderick McLEOD
- Arthur BARNES b. 1867, Moyston, Vic, d. 1885, Heywood, Victoria;
- Edwin George BARNES b. 1870, Moyston, Victoria, d. 1949, New Zealand, m. 1899 in New Zealand to Elizabeth Margaret Frances HODGES 1874-1975; (Edwin George BARNES went to New Zealand where he changed his name to Edward George MELVILLE and had a very large family born there from 1899 to 1920s.)
- Carolina Arabella BARNES b. 1872, Stawell, Victoria, d. 1954, Perth, Western Australia, m. 1903 in Perth, WA to Edward CROCKER.
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