Find Ancestors

once again wendy very many thanks for all your help

Ada first married on 27/04/1886 at Portsea Island Registry Office. He was an actor Philip Harold Boosey, known as Philip Cunningham/Cuningham
They divorced in 1900 Ada accused Phillip of adultery and cruelty. Using foul and abusive language to her.

Philip went on to marry one of the ladies he had committed adultery with they married in New York on 21/01/1901 and then she divorced him too. He moved out of the marital home blaming her mothers influence as the breakdown of their marriage. They had one child

There is a photo of him online.

More from Roots Web


According to a family report, Major Harry BARLOW (who died in 1909 of cholera on the train down to Delhi from the hills) was buried in Nicholson Cemetery, Delhi, and had an MI there. (in the "St James Burial Register"). His grave was #800F in Pukka Plot 15 #25.

Would this grave still exist, or have all the graves been built over since 1909?

I wonder what the procedure would have been for the burial. I expect the authorities would not have wanted the bodies of cholera victims to be hanging around long. Unless there was a wife handy, the burials would have been pretty swift, surely. Harry's wife lived in Bombay, but would the Pukka burial and the MI indicate that she must have been waiting for him in Delhi?

Also

Barlow, Harry Walter Born 2nd February 1864 Hackney, London. Son of Henry Walter Barlow and Frances Vipont Herbert (nee Thorpe). Baptised 11th May 1864 St. Johns Church, Hackney. Raised in the home of his guardian & uncle OTB, with his brother educ Clifton & Neuenheim near Heidelburg (at an English school kept by a Dr Klose); Clifton College 1880-1881. Sandhurst. Married 28th July 1887 Mable Moore in Stourbridge. Divorced and married 1890 Ada Branson. Major South Staffordshire Regiment. Tutor/Companion to the son of son of the Maharaja of Sirmoor. Died 21st July 1909 of cholera in Nahan, India on a train from the hills to meet his wife in Bombay. Buried Nicholson Cemetery, Delhi (Grave # 800F Puckka Plot 15 #25).

Found on Roots Web

"Does anybody know anything about R M A BRANSON a barrister in Bombay, who died some time before 1932? His wife Sarah died in 1932 in London, and was buried in Golders Green. Their daughter Ada was an actress in London, married a Harry BARLOW in 1902 as her second husband. She died in Putney in 1954, "of Churchtown, Southport, Lancs". I would be interested to know if she married again after Harry's death in 1909 in Delhi.

Harry, by the way, was an Army Officer who in 1884 joined 1st South Staffs Regt in Jani, Sudan, and fought in the Nile Campaign 1884-86: Khedive Star & Clasp. Later he was at Ramleh, Alexandria. Is any Lister familiar with the South Staffs service? Of course Sudan & Egypt are not quite India, but sometimes our India-L family spreads its interests outside the core region."

******EDIT******
So Harry died in Delhi if the above info is correct.

This, and other cuttings, refer to Cape Town South Africa so I guess Ada came back to England with him

....at this popular house for another ten nights, and then go on to Kimberley, and all the principal towns up country. Miss Ada Branson takes the part of Lady Teazle. in The School for Scandal. Mr Leonard Rayne gave genial humour to his Sir Peter Teazle. Rowley
15 December 1900 - The Era - London, London, England

Marriage cert for Harry and Mabel sent by pm as requested.

I think that Harry went on to marry Ada in 1902

Marriages Sep 1902 (>99%)
****Barlow Harry Paddington 1a 223 Scan available - click to view
Boosey Ada Paddington 1a 223 Scan available - click to view
****Branson Ada Paddington 1a 223 Scan available - click to view
Gibbs Maria Paddington 1a 223 Scan available - click to view
Lawrence Fred Paddington 1a 223 Scan available - click to view

Well wot can i say, you have all opened a large can of worms for me.
This was never spoken of, & i can see why. Its strange but Mabel married a Doctor in 1904
Very many thanks too Choccy & Wendy, plus all others for the info

All the divorce details affidavits etc are on Ancestry

The petitioner Mable Barlow of Hagley House, near Stourbridge, Worcester ....married in the parish church Pedmore ....issue of said marriage Harry Loftus born 10/01/1888 and Leonora MAbel born 28/05/1889....Harry frequently committed adultery with Ada Branson otherwise Mrs Cunningham.....that on the 11/07/1901 at 31 Clarence PArade, Southsea Hants the said Harry Barlow charged your petitioner (Mable) with adultery with one George Tullis doctor of medicine and said they were conspiring to kill him and poison him. That on the 11/07/1901 at the above address Harry Barlow forcibly took hold of the petitioner and struck her and threw her down and thereby caused her great pain

Filed 30/08/1901
Nisi 20/12/1901
Final decree 30/06/1902
Custody of children to Mabel

Do you have the marriage cert if not I will try and send it to you.

Wendy

Probate
Harry Loftus Barlow od Audham Wordsley Staffordshire lieutenant RAF died 18/03/1918 at Dover Kent, on active service. Admin to Mabel Grindlay, wife of Guy Grindlay. Effects £3323.6s. 3d

nice one Chris and Choccy :-)

Sheffield Evening Telegraph - 20th Dec 1901

In the Divorce Court today Mrs Mabel Barlow was granted a decree nisi on account of the cruelty and adultery of her husband, Capt Harry Barlow, late of South Staffordshire Regiment and also of the Imperial Yeomanry.
Parties married in 1887. Respondent gave way to intemperance and was very violent. He went to South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry and returned home invalided.
In looking through his things his wife found letters and a photograph of Miss Ada Branson an actress whom he afterwards visited.


(Same reports on the same day in the Gloucester Citizen and Lancashire Evening Post)

?? divorced

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7995410

Reference: J 77/728/2128

Description:

Divorce Court File: 2128. Appellant: Mabel Barlow. Respondent: Harry Barlow.

Type: Wife's petition [wx].


Date: 1901

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Surname BARLOW
Given Names Harry
Deceased Rank Major
Deceased Occupation South Staffs Regt
Birth 2 February 1864
Death Date 21 July 1909
Inscription Harry Barlow, Major, late S. Staffs Regt., born 2 February 1864, died 21 July 1909


Deaths as reported in 'Domestic Occurrences' in the Times of India 1909 Surname Barlow
Given name(s) Harry
Year 1909 month Jul day 21
Register Entry July 21st at Delhi Major Harry Barlow late South Staffordshire Regiment aged 43
Edition Year 1909
Edition Date 22 Jul

http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_person_search.php

(if relating)

Chris :)

Baptism
County Somerset
Place Bathampton
Church St Nicholas
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 10 Oct 1889
Forename Leonora Mabel
Sex F
FatherForename Harry
MotherForename Mabel
FatherSurname BARLOW
MotherSurname
Abode Gibralter
FatherOccupation H M th Regt.

edits

Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902 Transcription (Find My Past)
First name(s) Harry
Last name Barlow
Rank Unknown
Regiment The South Staffordshire Regiment
Literary references Clifton College Register 92
Country Great Britain
Record set Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902

Harts Army List 1888 Transcription (Find My Past)
First name(s) Harry
Last name Barlow
Regiment The South Staffordshire Regiment
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection Regimental & service records

Mabel in 1901 with parents

1901 England Census about Mabel Barlow
Name: Mabel Barlow
[Mabel Moore]
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Joseph Moore
Mother: Henrietta Moore
Birth Place: Halesowen, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Hagley
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Hagley
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

View image
Registration district: Bromsgrove
Sub-registration district: Belbroughton
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2801
Folio: 82
Page Number: 23
Household schedule number: 114
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Moore 60
Henrietta Moore 52
Mabel Barlow 30
Howard J Moore 29
Gladys E Moore 26
Emma Cocum 30
Sarah Daniels 26
Lucy Lee 21
Pamila Perks 24

1901

Name:Leonia M Barlow
Age:11
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1890
Relation to Head:Pupil
Gender:Female
Birth Place:Gibraltar
Civil Parish: Great Malvern
Ecclesiastical parish:St Mary
County/Island:Worcestershire
Country:England

Harry junior 1901
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
4, Sion Place, Bath, Somerset, England
Print household transcription
Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Eliza L J Turner Head Single Female 51 1850 Preparatory School Boys West Indies
Image Transcription
Harry Barlow Boarder Single Male 12 1889 Pupil Bath, Somerset, England
Image Transcription
Sydney Lanfear Boarder Single Male 8 1893 Pupil Australia
Image Transcription
Ray Eskell Boarder Single Male 11 1890 Pupil Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Image Transcription
Dallas Eskell Boarder Single Male 10 1891 Pupil Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Image Transcription
Annie Hinton Servant Single Female 19 1882 Parlour Maid Domestic Wiltshire, England
Image Transcription
Alice Horsell Servant Single Female 23 1878 House Maid Domestic Bath, Somerset, England

1901 son in Bath

Name:
Harry Barlow
Age:12
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1889
Relation to Head:Boarder
Gender:Male
Birth Place:Bath, Somerset, England
Civil Parish:Bath
Ecclesiastical parish:
Bathwick St Mary the Virgin
County/Island:Somerset

how sad

First name(s) HARRY LOFTUS
Last name BARLOW
Service number -
Rank LT (TP)
Regiment Royal Flying Corps
Battalion -
Birth place -
Residence -
Enlistment place -
Death year 1918
Death day 18
Death month 3
Cause of death Killed
Death place -
Theatre of war -
Supplementary Notes (R E)
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection First World War
Collections from Great Britain

Soldiers Died in the Great War database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2010

leanora in 1901

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Print individual transcription View image Attach to tree
First name(s) Leonora M
Last name Barlow
Relationship Pupil
Marital status -
Gender Female
Age 11
Birth year 1890
Occupation Pupil Resident
Birth town -
Birth county -
Birth place Gibraltar
Birth place other as transcribed GIBRALTAR
Other household member first name(s) -
Other household member last name -
Street Albert Road
Town -
Parish Great Malvern
City -
Country England
County Worcestershire
Municipal ward Chase
Registration district Upton on Severn
Archive reference RG13
Piece number 2784
Folio 80
Page 22
Record set 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

I did wonder if Harry had disappeared and she had him presumed dead so that she could remarry but I think that can only be done if the person has not been heard of for 7 years and it was only 6 years before she remarried.