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Edward Barkley (1829-1909) married Harriet Esther Holworthy (1834-1883)

Edward Barkley married Harriet Holworthy, the daughter of Henry Thomas Holworthy and Anne Adey, in Wiltshire in 1858.

Captain Edward Barkley RN was a Royal Navy Commander. He lived in Norfolk but after the death of his wife he emigrated to Canada, settling on a farm they called Westholme in North Cowichan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He died tragically in a house fire at Westholme. Having at first escaped from the fire he is reported to have twice gone back into his burning house in a desperate effort to find the diaries kept by his grandmother, Frances Barkley. The local newspaper described him as 'one of the most highly esteemed residents of the province, a fine type of English gentleman and sailor. Of late years he has not been very active but he at all times took the keenest interest in public affairs. His views were progressive and he was broad-minded and generous'.

Edward Barkley and Harriet Holworthy had four children.

1. Mary Harriette Barkley (born 1858)

Mary Harriette Barkley trained as a nurse in London. The record below indicates that in 1889 she took her nursing skills to India under a scheme set up by Lady Roberts to bring trained lady nurses to military hospitals. Mary appears to be living in Chelsea in 1898.

http://www.kingscollections.org/nurses/a-c/barkley-mary-harriette-1827

2. Florence Annie Barkley (1860-1929) married George Edward Barnes (1865-1928) in British Columbia in 1897

Lieutenant Colonel George Edward Barnes was the son of GP Dr George Robinson Barnes (1832-1892) and Annie Christie (1847-1912). He retired to British Columbia in 1906 after distinguished military service in UK and South Africa as well as a six year deployment in Esquimalt, British Columbia where he was charged with strengthening the naval station's defences. He settled close to his father-in-law, but was recalled for service in the First World War. He was awarded a CBE in 1919.

Florence and George had one son.

2.1 George Barkley Fraser Barnes (1899-1985) married Ellen Daphne Gillespie (1911-2003) in Victoria, British Columbia in 1929.

Ellen Daphne Gillespie was the daughter of Alexander Gillespie (1880-1948) and Rose Ellen Todd (1886-1980). Her father was a land surveyor and farmer who then became a partner in a family real estate company, Gillespie, Hart & Co.

Commander George Barkley Fraser Barnes had a navy career that encompassed both world wars.

3. Kate Clyde Barkley (1863-1900) married Edward Robert Hawkins (1850-1938) in Bury St Edmunds in 1888.

Edward Robert Hawkins was the son of Rev Herbert Samuel Hawkins, Rector of Beyton, (1819-1895) and Lucy Eden (1828-1893). Census records describe him as a magistrate living on his own means. Kate and Edward had three children. Kate died in 1900 and in 1904 Edward Robert Hawkins married Ethel Minnie Lake; this marriage produced another three children.

3.1 Edward Brian Barkley Hawkins (1889-1966) married Ann Debayser in Paris in 1924

Major-General Edward Brian Barkley Hawkins DSO OBE served with the Kings African Rifles. He had a distinguished army career serving in East and West Africa before retiring in 1946. No further information about Ann Debayser has been found. Edward was residing in Kenya at the time of his marriage in Paris. He died in Surrey.

3.2 Geoffrey Eden Hawkins (1893-1963) married Dorothy Juliet Mumm (1890-1974) in London in 1922.

Dorothy Mumm was born in India to Captain Bernhard Edward Mumm (1862-1891) and Adelaide Louise Stevenson (1864-1944). After her father's early death her mother married Captain Thomas Hone (1858-1922).

Captain Geoffrey Eden Hawkins MC followed in the footsteps of his older brother joining the Kings African Rifles. He was awarded the military cross while fighting in East Africa in 1917 "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Owing to his courageous example he rendered invaluable assistance in beating off a charge made by greatly superior forces of the enemy, upon whom heavy casualties were inflicted. Having withdrawn his men in good order, he finally carried a wounded officer back to safety under very heavy fire. His cool bearing and utter fearlessness were most praiseworthy."

Geoffrey Eden Hawkins was farming in Kenya after military service. He and his wife both died when living in Kent.

3.3 Sheila Rhode Hawkins (1899-1989) married Maurice Nelson Dewing (1896-1976) in Stow, Suffolk in 1921.

4. Robert Edward Barkley (1868-1942) married Kathleen (Kate) Evelyn Johnston (1872-1965) in Victoria, British Columbia in 1894.

Kate Evelyn Johnston was the daughter of Matthew Trotter Johnston (1841-1911) and Letitia Elizabeth Leggatt (1851-1925). Matthew Trotter Johnston was a Victoria businessman of Scottish descent. He worked for Sproat & Co and then for Findlay, Durham & Co, where he became the manager.

Robert Edward Barkley moved to British Columbia with his father in 1887. He was a well-respected farmer and a keen sportsman.

Robert Edward Barkley served with the Royal Marine Artillery in France in the First World War. On being demobilised he was granted honorary rank of Captain in the Royal Marines.

Robert and Kate had one son.

4.1 Edward Trevor Yarker "Jim" Barkley (1904-1942) married Daphne Graham Morant Peel (1900-1987) in Cheshire in 1935.

Daphne Graham Morant Peel was the daughter of John Graham Peel (1872-1940) and Dorthy Mary Grace Morant (1872-1947). John Graham Peel was a cotton magnate. He and his family lived in Peover Hall between 1919 and 1940.

https://www.historichouses.org/house/peover-hall/visit/

Captain Edward Trevor Yarker Barkley died fighting in Asia during the Second World War; he is remembered at Kranji. Daphne returned to live in the UK.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2053044

Photos below from the Royal BC Museum archives provide insights into life at Westholme in the early 1900s.