Descendants of Simon Barrow

Notes

178. Frederick Lyon Barrow

birth from Barrow Hutchison

a bio can be found online

http://library.uvic.ca/spcoll/findaids/1991-053.html

from which we learn he emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1904 settling in Edmonton

became firswt head of Dept of Vet Affairs

184. Phillip Owen Hugonin Barrow

birth and death Ed tree

Margaret McKelvie Johnstone

birth and death Ed tree

Marriage Notes for Phillip Owen Hugonin Barrow and Margaret McKelvie Johnstone

Ed tree

186. Owen Gore Barrow

birth and death Ed tree

198. Margaret Emily Barrow

known as Daisy - from Rear-Adm Barrow

Herman Charles Zimmerman

educated London Jews Society Jerusalem
aturalised 1905 aged 28
adopted Carpenter surname
son of Herman and Anna Zimmerman of Jerusalem
Herman was an Assistant Missionary Chaplain in Bucharest
5 children educated in England but 3 of the boys and Pearl were not born in Britain and weren't subjects

Marriage Notes for Margaret Emily Barrow and Herman Charles Zimmerman

tony harding email 19 Jul 2015

200. Rear Adm Benjamin Wingate Barrow

Was in charge of the Simonstown Naval Dockyard
Tony Harding advises that his grandparents arrived in South Africa in 1947 - aged 69 he was called out of retirement

301. Richard George Barrow

from Tony Harding:
Richard George Barrow was the son of my grandfather, Rear Admiral Benjamin Wingate Barrow, who apparently disgraced his father in some way. I am not sure I sent you my research results on Richard’s academic records at Dartmouth Naval College, followed by his (ultimately fatal) movement to a different line of military service. Peter Barrow again pointed out the hand of Gen Sir George in this change of career direction. Gen Sir George assisted my grandfather with his naval career, and this is why Richard has the second name George!

from Tony Harding 22 Oct 2011
Dear Mr Harding
Thank you for your request regarding Richard George Barrow.
According to our (limited) records R G Barrow, born 23rd April 1922, joined the Royal Naval College Dartmouth in January 1936 and passed out or graduated in August 1939. There is no indication that he left under any cloud, finishing 12th out of 38 in the second division i.e. not one of the top ‘Alpha’ class cadets but a good average student.
Should I discover any further information I will let you know. In the meantime you might be able to access his service record by contacting the Navy Records Office:
e-mail: navysearchpgrc@tnt.co.uk
Regards,
Jane Harrold
Dr Jane Harrold
Britannia Museum
Archivist

Dear Mrs McCarthy
I am the grandson of Rear Admiral Bejmamin Wingate Barrow, whose son Richard George Barrow attended Dartmouth naval college.
Richard Barrow was born in 1923, but I have no information on when he was accepted at the college, or left it.
Richard Barrow’s grave is at the Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, where he was buried with other soldiers from the Royal Armoured Corps, 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards). He died shortly before WW2 ended and was 22 at the time. My mother visited his grave in Burma shortly before she died in 1984.
Richard left the naval college under a cloud, according to family legend, but I cannot find any records from his time at the naval college to establish the circumstances of his leaving the college.
I would appreciate any help you can give in resolving this mystery.
Kind regards
Tony Harding
Johannesburg
South Africa

Well, this pretty much settles another part of my own family narrative!
I suspect that the ‘disgrace’ amounted to my grandfather’s disappointment that his (only) son did not achieve expectations at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth.
The ‘disgrace’ led to tragic events from which my mother never recovered emotionally.
I was given a second shot at a naval career, at the Simonstown Naval Base, but also disappointed!
Regards
Tony

206. Nina Christian de Symons Barrow

death from Rupert Musgrove

William Harwood Matthews

son of Charles Matthews and Elizabeth Eenens

217. Maj David de Symons Barrow

Killed in action
Queens Regiment