John Barnett (1837-1905) an unremarkable but important life

Posted on September 8, 2025 
Filed under Parishes, People

“John Barnett (1837-1905) was born in Stepney, Middlesex, England, on 21 February 1837, the son of John Barnett (Senior) (1810-1858), Grocer and Sugar Refiner and Ann Eliza Winkworth (1807-1842).

In December 1859, John married Janet Gowanlock Smith (1840-1927) at Waverley, Sydney, and they were to have eight children, four of whom lived to adulthood.

John’s parents, together with his 6-year-old sister Elizabeth and his 3-year-old self, had emigrated from England to Sydney in New South Wales (NSW), arriving on the Ann Gales on 12 July 1840. …”

– At Philanthropists and Philanthropy in Australian Colonial History, Paul F. Cooper, Presbyterian minister and Research Fellow at Christ College in Sydney, shares insights into the life of John Barnett, who played a role in the founding of St. Barnabas’ Broadway.

Read it here.