Johanna Margaret Barrett
adopted daughter of Thomas and Juliana Kelly
A Johanna Margaret Barrett was born in 1885 to James and Julia Barrett.
This photo is courtesy of Teresa who is a descendant of Johanna Barrett's sister. Johanna was known affectionately as Great Auntie Doll or Dolly.
Johanna married Ashley Burton Bindon in New Zealand in 1910
Perhaps the reason Johanna was adopted by the Kelly's is because her father, James Barrett. committed suicide in 1889.
She would have been 4 years old in 1889.
I don't know if they knew the Barrett family or if Johanna was put in an orphanage and they adopted her from there.
Below are the most probable records found for James and Julia:
James Barrett and Julia Healy were married in 1877 reg # 2705.
They had the following children born in New Zealand:
Mary Frances Barrett born 1878 reg # 14409
Julia Annie Barrett born 1880 reg # 5011
James Maurice Barrett born 1883 reg # 2743
Johanna Margaret Barrett born 1885 reg # 2008
Patrick Leonard Barrett born 1886 reg # 2148
Jane Barrett born 1888 reg # 8300
News article in the Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 34, 8 August 1889, Page 2
She would have been 4 years old in 1889.
I don't know if they knew the Barrett family or if Johanna was put in an orphanage and they adopted her from there.
Below are the most probable records found for James and Julia:
James Barrett and Julia Healy were married in 1877 reg # 2705.
They had the following children born in New Zealand:
Mary Frances Barrett born 1878 reg # 14409
Julia Annie Barrett born 1880 reg # 5011
James Maurice Barrett born 1883 reg # 2743
Johanna Margaret Barrett born 1885 reg # 2008
Patrick Leonard Barrett born 1886 reg # 2148
Jane Barrett born 1888 reg # 8300
News article in the Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 34, 8 August 1889, Page 2
Thanks to Lucy2 of Rootschat for the following information:
Electoral Rolls - Wellington: Have checked these for various years to 1911. 1908 - Wellington Suburbs & Country Districts - KELLY - Juliana, Ohariu - married - KELLY - Thomas, Ohariu - gentleman - KELLY - Johanna Margaret, Ohariu - spinster
This seems to be Johanna's first appearance on an electoral roll - so she would have been over 21 years of age.
Electoral Rolls - Wellington: Have checked these for various years to 1911. 1908 - Wellington Suburbs & Country Districts - KELLY - Juliana, Ohariu - married - KELLY - Thomas, Ohariu - gentleman - KELLY - Johanna Margaret, Ohariu - spinster
This seems to be Johanna's first appearance on an electoral roll - so she would have been over 21 years of age.
Photos from the collection of Alexander Morgan, nephew of Thomas Kelly.
This collection is held by the Lavin family as mentioned below.
This collection is held by the Lavin family as mentioned below.
Letter from Dolly BINDON in Sydney to Lavinia STUART in New Zealand dated 1933 and the photo she mentions in the letter.
Many thanks to Mary Stacey, Frances Clement and Stuart and Alison Lavin for these items which were kept by their great-grandparents Alex and Lavinia Morgan.
Many thanks to Mary Stacey, Frances Clement and Stuart and Alison Lavin for these items which were kept by their great-grandparents Alex and Lavinia Morgan.