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22576/1884 GILLETT, Henry Edwin HENRY & HANNAH CASSILIS (Death not found)
28512/1886 GILLETT, Hilda HENRY & HANNAH COONABARABRAN
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The two places are 65 miles apart as the crow flies.
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A Hilda GILLETT married Ernest BARWICK 1879 to 1916 (married Hilda Gillett in 1902 at Narrabri)
Death 4408/1916 BARWICK, ERNEST WILLIAM & JEMIMA NARRABRI
Marriage 7196/1902 BARWICK, ERNEST GILLETT, HILDA NARRABRI

His father William BARWICK married Jemima SHEPHERD.
marr: 1910
plac: Narrabri, NSW

His grandfather John BARWICK married Charlotte ROGERS.
John
birt: ~1793
plac: Suffolk, England
deat: 7 MAY 1858
marr: 5 JUN 1848
Charlotte
birt: ~1800
deat: 11 JUL 1895

Ernest BARWICK & Hilda GILLETT had
Luke George
Ernset
Hilda
Herbert William (Billy)
Alfred
Angus.
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The North Western Courier (Narrabri, NSW : Friday 21 January 1916)
Coroner's Inquiry (into Suicide of Ernest Barwick)

Before Mr. Meeson, district coroner, an Inquiry was held touching the death of Ernest Barwlck, who died from the effects of strychnine poisoning on the 12th inst.

Inspector Curry deposed that about 11 a.m. on the 12th a small girl told him that Mr. Barwlck had poisoned himself. The Sergeant and himself proceeded immediately to Barwick's residence in Barwon-street, where he saw Barwlck and his wife on the front verandah of the house. Barwick said, "The wife and I have had a row; I'm tired of this life, and tired of the world." Mrs. Barwick said he had been rowing all night. Barwlck said, "Yes; she wants to go away and leave the little children. She wants, to go to Armidale after a bloke who was in the military camp here." Mrs. Barwlck replied, "You are a liar." He said, "I'm not." Witness said, "Have you taken any poison?' He said "Yes," and went Into the bed room and handed him the bottle produced in the bedroom. He said "I couldn't pull the cork out, so I pushed it in with my pipe. If any of you chaps take any of it you'll know what it is, as it's pretty bitter." Sergt. Scannel said, "Where's the Cup you drank it out of?' and he said "Here it is." and went Into the next room and handed him an enamel mug. Witness noticed a change coming over Berwick's face, and he said to the Sergeant "He has taken the poison right enough. We will give him an emetlc." Barwick said, "I won't take it." Witness said "We'll give it to him any how," and Barwick said "If you do I'll take another dose." The police tracker was then sent for the doctor, and witness prepared some tepid water, which, with the assistance of the Sergeant and a man named Quinn, was poured down deceased's throat. Strong tea was also given him, also a cup of milk. Deceased said he could not retch, as he had not eaten any thing for two or three days. Deceased then went into convulsions. The doctor then came. To the Bench: We ran to the place, and were only there a couple of minutes, before the doctor was sent for. Dr. Cado deposed that shortly after 11 o'clock on the 12th he was called to Barwlck's place in Barwon-street. Barwick was on the floor in a cyanosed condition. He had two or more convulsions. He believed it was strychnine poisoning, and deceased died a few minutes after he got there. Deceased said he took enough poison to kill four dogs. Deceased used to drink, but had not done so lately. B. E. Ford, chemist, deposed he knew Barwick, who came to his shop and asked for a bottle of strychnine in the morning one day last week, which was sold to him. The purchase was duly entered In the book kept for the purpose. Deceased said he was going to poison rabbits, and had purchased the same kind of poison, before for that purpose. Enough poison had gone out of the bottle to poison a man. He understood Berwick was a rabbiter. Mrs. Hilda Barwlck, wife of deceased Ernest Barwlck, deposed: On Wednesday we got up and had break- fast, and then I went down town, and Barwick, said he was going to Mr. Blair's, and asked if she would here when he came back. She said 'Yes; I won't be long.' When I came back from town he was in the kitchen, and said, 'Have I got any more trousers, old woman, besides those on the bedroom door?" I said "Yes, there are some in the tub to wash for you.' I went into the room to change my dress, and had just taken it off when he came in. He had one hand behind him and in the other he had a mug in it. I tried to see what he had behind him, but could not see it. He then drank the something out of the cup, and then said 'You can send for the police now,' and said 'I have poisoned myself." I sent a little girl straight round, and she came back and said 'The police said to send for the doctor,' and I sent her up straight away. By that time two police were there. I heard him tell the police he poisoned himself, and said he was tired of the world, and that I wanted to run away after a soldier. I told him it was a lie, and Barwlck said, 'No, it isn't.' I was at the bedroom door when he died. We had had a quarrel the night before, and he said he would poison himself, and I told him he was foolish. He was 30 years of age. He was a teamster. We were married 13 years. My husband was born at a place called Kurrajong. We have six children, the eldest being 12 years old, and the youngest is 11 months. My husband always had poison for rabbits when he was out at work. He had neither property or money. When ho died he had 12/6. I never wanted to go with a soldier. I was going to Armidale. I had tried to go away a week previously to Armidale, and had my bags at the railway station. My husband went to the station and took my clothes away from me. I wanted the police to make him hand them back. He prevented me going away. I wanted to go to Armidale to see about my eyes. The man he accused me of wanting to go away with was in the camp, and did not go to Armidale till last Friday. I did not know he was going to Armidale. We had not lived happily together for six years. He used to drink and accuse me of things I never did. He did not support me properly, and I had to get benevolent help several times. He worked well. He had not been drinking for six or seven weeks. He often said he would poison himself. I was not aware of him having drink the morning he poisoned himself. The Coroner found that E. Barwlck died from the effects of strychnine poisoning willfully administered by himself.