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Birth1 Nov 1893, Pali Hill, Bandora, Bombay, India
Baptism18 Feb 1894, St Saviour, Ahmednagar, Bombay, India
Death15 Jul 1980, Cranmere, Charing, Kent
GeneralOnly child.
FatherJack Littleton Symons (ca1848-1917)
MotherEdith Maud Hill (ca1863-1894)
Notes for Barbara Symons
Her birth and baptism record:

First name(s) Barbara
Last name Symons
Birth year 1893
Birth date 01 Nov 1893
Baptism year 1893
Baptism date 18 Feb 1894
Place Ahmednagar,St Saviour
Presidency Bombay
Father's first name(s) John Littleton
Father's last name Symons
Mother's first name(s) Edith Maud
Archive reference N-3-71
Folio 9
Catalogue descriptions Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948

She was baptised with her cousin Barbara Hill, dau. of Claude and Frances Hill.  I wonder if Barbara was being looked after by the Hills when her mother had died, presumably at her birth?
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In the 1901 census, she, and her cousin Beatrice Hill both aged 7, were with their grandparents Edward Nicholas and Frederica Mary Hill in Weston and Wixhill, Shropshire.

Any of these could be her marriage, though only the second has the right initials:

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1911
Symons Barbara E Gateshead 10a 1686   
Marriages Mar 1918
Symons Barbara Finer St. Martin 1a 1219   
Marriages Sep 1922
SYMONS Barbara A Cross Wandsworth 1d 1146
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No marriage with the Symons name in India, nor any death there as Symons.

No death with the Symons name in Britain.

But she did marry in England.
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In 1939 her family was:

"cranmere" Burleigh Road , West Ashford R.D., Kent, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS  SCHEDULE  SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER

Conrad C Viner 01 Nov 1880 Male Retired (Army) Capt  Married  104  1
Gertrude A Egglesden (Redbrook,Smith) 26 Dec 1919  Female  Domestci Help (Cook)  Single  104  2
Barbara Viner 01 Nov 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties  Married  104  5
Vivien F Reynell 22 Jan 1920 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties  Married  104  6

On the register image there are two redacted people, nos 3 and 4 of the household, probably children.

I suspect Vivien was a daughter.  (Yes)
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Her death index:

First name(s) BARBARA
Last name VINER
Gender Female
Birth day 1
Birth month 11
Birth year 1893
Death quarter 3
Death year 1980
District Maidstone
County Kent
Volume 16
Page 1088
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Barbara Symons
Her probate index:

VINER, Barbara of Cranmere Charing Kent died 15 July 1980 Probate Bright 9 October £3280  800512730U.
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Her will was dated 5th December 1958 and she added three codicils to this, one of 6th January 1964, the second of 3rd December 1965 and the third of 24th December 1972.

IN these documents she listed:

1. Her daughter Noel Christabel Vincent, later Lady Stratheden and Campbell of Hunthill, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.

2. Her granddaughter Viviette Reynell.

One of her bequests, to her daughter Noël, was a pair of miniatures of (Gen F.A. Wetherall and (b) Augusta Wetherell, later Mrs Hamilton.

She left some furniture and decorative items only.

In all her will and all codicils she was of Granmere, Charing, Kent.
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Notes for Conrad Charles & Barbara (Family)
Their marriage transcription:

First name(s) Barbara
Last name Symons
Age 24
Birth year 1894
Marriage year 1918
Parish St James, Piccadilly
County Middlesex
Residence 5 Burlington Gardens W
Father John Littleton Symons (dec’d)
Father’s job Merchant
Spouse's first name(s) Conrad Charles
Spouse's last name Viner
Spouse's age 38
Spouse's birth year 1880
Spouse’s job Lieutenant R.F.A.
Spouse’s Residence The Bungalow, Maidenhead
Spouse’s Father Frederick Hutt Viner (dec’d)
Spouse’s Father’s job Gentleman
Country England
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Marriages
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The civil marriage index:

First name(s) BARBARA
Last name SYMONS
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1918
MarriageFinder™ BARBARA SYMONS married
Conrad C Viner
Spouse's last name Viner
District St. Martin
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 1219
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2008
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Last Modified 14 Mar 2017Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220