Notes A birth registration was found for George Arthur W Barnwell: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1895; District: Lambeth; County: London; Volume: 1d; Page: 519. Parents: George William Barnwell and Laura Lyons, married 1894 at Lambeth, Surrey, England.
George Arthur William Barnwell was baptized on July 28, 1895, at St. Matthews, Brixton, London, England.
Laura Lyons Barnwell died November 17, 1906, at 31, Railton Rd, Brixton, London, England.
George William Barnwell, Sr., remarried Alice Fry on August 4, 1907, at St. Matthews, Brixton, London, England.
In 1910, George Barnwell, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 93 Macpherson children accompanied by Mr. Merry and en route to Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
On September 1, 1923, at St. Johns Rectory, Morpeth, Kent, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between George William Barnwell, 28, painter, born in England, to Geo Wm Barnwell and Laura Lyons; and Mabel Duck, 18, born in Morpeth, Kent, Ontario, Canada, to Fred Duck and Mary Childs.
At least 3 children were born of this marriage: Kathleen Ruth Barnwell, born September 22, 1924, at Morpeth, Kent, Ontario, Canada, died August 26, 1986, at Alberta, Canada; Richard Barnwell, died 2006, at Chatham, Ontario, Canada; and George William Barnwell, born May 9, 1934, at Morpeth, Kent, Ontario, Canada, died July 12, 1934, at Morpeth Kent, Ontario, Canada, of malnutrition and whooping cough.
On October 18, 1935, at Howard, Morpeth, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Mabel Ila Duck Barnwell, 30, housewife, died of uremic poisoning, colon infection and kidney infection.
George Barnwell remarried Hazel Irene Mae Downing (daughter of Alexander Downing) on November 7, 1936, in Morpeth, Kent, Ontario, Canada.