John Barkwell

Cal 1835 - 1919  (~ 84 years)

• Name	John Barkwell
  Born	CALC 25 Jul 1835	, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	scandal, life story
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Wesleyan Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-171201
  Died	18 Sep 1919	Drayton, , Norfolk, England
  Buried	Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I171201	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Barkwell,   b. CALC 19 Jan 1810, , Devonshire, England ,   d. 19 Oct 1886, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Martha Longman,   b. 1814, , England ,   d. 16 Nov 1898, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F168509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jessie "Eliza" Deans,   b. 2 Jan 1858, Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 1941, Peel, Marion, Arkansas, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F4585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John was probably born in Sheepwash, Devon, England. ______________ John Barkwell married Mary Close May 24 1862 she died in 1874 and then he married Elizabeth Deans Aug 7 1877.They are all buried in Victoria Cemetery Drayton ________________________ ELOPEMENT. A Newly Married Man Runs Away With a Widow The following account of an elopement from Goldstone, Wellington County, Ontario, is from the Guelph Herald of October 31st. Mrs. Mary Scott, relict of James Scott, formerly or Linwood, a widow, fair, fat, and forty, had, for two years, been receiving advances from John Barkwell, a farmer near this village, the avowed object of such attention a being matrimony. John had, on his bended knees, and with his right hand on his vest watch pocket, promised to marry his Mary, but on account of the opposition of his friends the union was indefinitely deferred. But be asked her to become his house-keeper, which she did. The avowed object of this maneuver was that his friends would cease their opposition to the marriage. Mary kept house for John all summer, and things seemed to be going on with all the smoothness possible. In the latter part of August Mary went to Linwood to visit her friends, and the perfidous lover, taking advantage of her temporary absence, fled himself down to Garafraxa, where a slight girl of seventeen, who had formerly been his housekeeper, resided. John fogot he was forty-two years old, and that the slight young lady was only seventeen, and he up and married her, … But Mary didn't give up the ship thus easily. She followed him perseveringly night and day, the great love of her great woman's heart-carrying her on in the furtherance of her object. The grand result of Mary's determination, perseverance and love for John, was this: On Saturday morning, 20th Instant, John and Mary packed their Sartogas; be bade a tender adieu to his young wife, his seven children, his fine farm, which is well stocked and clear of debt; she folded her four children to her bosom for the last time, and they were Off on the morning train This eloping train. Never, never, never, never, Never to come bask again Detroit, Michigan, was the destination of the runway pair, and on arriving there John wrote to his father, to say that he had left for good but gave not the reason why. He is probably at Detroit still, enjoying the society of the remarkable woman who seduced him into the fatal step, which will blight the happiness of both for a lifetime. John Barkwell was a prominent church member, and had, through his conduct and deportment, won the respect and confidence of his brethren in the church. He was much respected by his neighbors, and his rash act has thrown a large circle of friends into the deepest distress. Detroit Free Press 4 Nov 1877

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 99.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 25 Jul 1835 - , England Residence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Sep 1919 - Drayton, , Norfolk, England Buried - - Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth