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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

NameManorowen
KindFarm
RegionBarkly East
StandingDocumented

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.

WhenWhat
25 Aug 1903John Barry dies here, aged 84 — “Irishman born in Ireland”, carpenter
7 Sep 1912Harriet Louisa Barry buried here, dead of typhoid at Cherryville
13 May 1915R. P. Barry signs his mother's death notice here

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