Manorowen
The Barry farm, and now documented as John Barry's own house rather than only his son's. The 1903 registration of his death gives his residence and his place of death as MANOR OWEN, WARD IV, with his son Richard Barry living at the same address and signing as “son present at death”. Margaretha Kolbe died here in 1915. Harriet Louisa Barry, eighteen, lived here and was buried here in 1912. Three deaths in this family on one farm in twelve years.
The place
| Name | Manorowen |
| Kind | Farm |
| Region | Barkly East |
| Standing | Documented |
Why it is here
The Barry farm, and now documented as John Barry's own house rather than only his son's. The 1903 registration of his death gives his residence and his place of death as MANOR OWEN, WARD IV, with his son Richard Barry living at the same address and signing as “son present at death”. Margaretha Kolbe died here in 1915. Harriet Louisa Barry, eighteen, lived here and was buried here in 1912. Three deaths in this family on one farm in twelve years.
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 25 Aug 1903 | John Barry dies here, aged 84 — “Irishman born in Ireland”, carpenter |
| 7 Sep 1912 | Harriet Louisa Barry buried here, dead of typhoid at Cherryville |
| 13 May 1915 | R. P. Barry signs his mother's death notice here |