BARRETT, Henry John

Name – BARRETT, Henry John
Born – 06/05/1872
Died – 2/10/1958
Location – No 34 Methodist Section
Mother – Mary Jane Barrett
Father – William Hooper [Death index has name as John Hooper]

Notes – Henry’s mother Mary Jane Barrett, married his step-father William Hooper when Henry was very young. Several half siblings for Henry resulted from this marriage.

At Wyalong West, NSW in 1908 Henry married Helen May Ewers. The couple had five children Robert Edward (1909), Charles Henry (1911), Henry George (1912), Walter Ludlow (1914) and Leslie Ronald (1916). The rolls show in 1909 Henry and Helen were living at Ellimeek, Drillam as farmers and in 1922 Henry and Helen were residing at Postmans Ridge as farmers. Henry appears on the roll in 1928 by himself at Braun Park, Tara as a grazier after Helen’s death in 1923.

It was to this property that he bought his new wife, Jennie Northgraves to live after their marriage on September 4, 1928. On March 24, 1929 their house burnt down. The local police investigated the fire only to find it was destroyed by accident. When the first Tara show was held in 1933 Henry exhibited and won first prize in the cattle section.

At the time of his passing in 1958, Henry was residing at Bilton Street, Tara.

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