John Barry (buried 1923)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Barry
First name: 
John
Other Christian names: 
Ffinch
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
1130
Born: 
21/11/1858
Died: 
22/07/1923
Buried: 
26/07/1923
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
4
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
Yes
Headstone description: 
EndowedGrave: Cut grass and keep tidy
Headstone inscription: 
John Ffinch Barry died 22nd July 1923 aged 65

Life story

Life story

The 1861 Census reveals that John, aged 2, (born 21 November 1858)  had a 5-year-old half- brother, Frederick Tomkins, but when their mother, Louisa, nee Hobson, married Robert Thomas Barry on 28 October 1858, she had described herself as a spinster.

Robert died on 18 March 1859. John went to boarding school in Belverdere Road, Penge, Surrey.

Louisa married Benjamin Batten Philp, a retired farmer, 26 years her senior, with children of his own, in 1863. John lived with them at Elm House, Harlington, Middlesex. At this time he had no occupation being a gentleman with interest on money.

By 1891 John was a barrister and lodging with a widow and her sister at 17, Great College Street, Westminster.

In 1908, at the age of 48, he married Cecilia Glasspoole from Norfolk. By 1911 they had a child and had moved to Conewood, Valencia Road, Worthing, where John died on 22 July 1923. His effects, in 2020 would be equivalent to about £750,000.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
21/11/1858
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Cecillia
Spouse one last name: 
Glasspoole
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1908
Marriage one address: 
England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
22/07/1923
Age (at time of death): 
65
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Conewood, Valencia Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£25,768

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

6, Bexley Place, Greenwich, Kent

Louisa Barry, 31, head, widow; Frederick Tomkins, 5, son; John Ffinch Barry, 2, son; Sarah Ffinch, 61, lodger,spinster, lady,

plus a cook and a housemaid

1871 census: 

Belvedere Road, Penge, Surrey

John Ffinch Barry 12, pupil

1881 census: 

Elm House, Harlington , Middlesex

Benjamin B Philp, 77, head, retired farmer; Louisa Philp, 51, wife; Mary Ann Philp, 41, daughter; Louisa M Philp, 16, daughter; Emily A Philp, 10, daughter, scholar; John F Barry, 22, stepson, gentleman interest on money;

plus 1 general servant