# Harriett Rebecca Barber

Harriett Rebecca Barber (17 SEP 1860 – 3 OCT 1950); child of Joseph Rambler Barber and Charlotte Emma Avery; born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia; married William John Nelson; died in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 17 SEP 1860 – 3 OCT 1950

## Also known as
- Harriet Rebecca Barber
- Harriett Rebecca Nelson

## Parents
- [Joseph Rambler Barber](/p/joseph-rambler-barber-82891.md) (father)
- [Charlotte Emma Avery](/p/charlotte-emma-avery-82892.md) (mother)

## Spouses
- [William John Nelson](/p/william-john-nelson-82887.md) — m. SEP 1877

## Timeline
- 17 SEP 1860 — **Born** at Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia — One of ten children of Joseph and Charlotte Barber, both born at Parramatta; the family moved to Kempsey when she was five
- ABT 1878 — **Residence** — Lived for a year at Tinonee on the Manning River, immediately after her marriage, before returning to Kempsey. She rode there from the Macleay on horseback, a journey of three days, and rode back a year later with her husband carrying their three-month-old first baby on a cushion. (Tinonee, New South Wales is not yet a place in this tree.)
- OCT 1950 — **Buried** at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia — Buried at Nambucca Heads cemetery after a Methodist service at the church at The Heads, conducted by the Rev. M. B. Reeve with the Rev. F. J. Clark; four of her six surviving sons — Charles, Frank, Bob and Harold — were pall-bearers. The service was held on the Wednesday, 4 October 1950, but the day is not stated outright.
- 3 OCT 1950 — **Died** at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia
- 14 NOV 1950 — **Probate** at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — Probate of her will granted to her son Hermon Nelson and her son-in-law Robert Robertson; the executors' notice to creditors was published in the Government Gazette on 22 December 1950 by W. A. Stone & Simon, proctors, of Cooper Street, Macksville.

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