Mabel Theodora BARNARD (1871

Mabel Theodora BARNARD (1871 - 1925)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Myola May HOBLER (1893 - 1902) Beatrice Bourne HOBLER (1895 - 1907) Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1896 - 1898) Constance Theodora HOBLER (1899 - 1915) Ruth Lurline HOBLER (1900 - 1987) Florence Scovell HOBLER (1904 - 1999)	Mabel Theodora BARNARD (1871 - 1925) + Francis Helvetius (Frank) HOBLER (1860 - 1921)	George BARNARD (1831 - 1894)	George William BARNARD (1791 - 1864)	John BARNARD (1752 - 1828)
				Sarah COLE (1755 - )
			Anne GREENSILL (1809 - 1879)

		Maria Trafalgar BOURNE (1839 - 1874)	Thomas BOURNE (1798 - 1852)	George BOURNE (1770 - )
				Elizabeth ASHMORE (1767 - )
			Anne ASHMALL (1808 - )	William ASHMALL (1770 - )
				Ann MARSH

b. 18 Nov 1871 at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

m. 05 Nov 1892 Francis Helvetius (Frank) HOBLER (1860 - 1921) at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

d. 26 Aug 1925 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 53

Cause of Death:

influenza, broncho pneumonia and eventually a heart attack

Near Relatives of Mabel Theodora BARNARD (1871 - 1925)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	George William BARNARD	bef 13 Mar 1791	England	02 Sep 1864	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	73
Grandmother	Anne GREENSILL	1809	London, Middlesex, England	19 Nov 1879	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	70
Grandfather	Thomas BOURNE	bef 31 Dec 1798	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England	13 Jan 1852	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	53
Grandmother	Anne ASHMALL	abt 1808	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Father in Law	Francis Helvetius HOBLER	16 Jul 1825	Hertfordshire, England	25 Jan 1889	Queensland, Australia	63
Mother in Law	Jessie Ann LEARMONTH	31 Jan 1838	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	28 Apr 1910	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	72

Father	George BARNARD	30 Mar 1831	Chiselhurst, Kent, England	11 Mar 1894	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	62
Mother	Maria Trafalgar BOURNE	21 Oct 1839	Yardley, Worcestershire, England	03 Feb 1874	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	34
Step Mother	Sarah Ann Wilkinson BOURNE	12 Feb 1845	Aston, Warwickshire, England	1936	Duaringa, Queensland, Australia	91

Self	Mabel Theodora BARNARD	18 Nov 1871	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	26 Aug 1925	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	53

Husband	Francis Helvetius (Frank) HOBLER	26 Oct 1860	Portland, Victoria, Australia	06 Sep 1921	Jandowae, Queensland, Australia	60

Daughter	Myola May HOBLER	27 Aug 1893	Queensland, Australia	14 Sep 1902	Queensland, Australia	9
Daughter	Beatrice Bourne HOBLER	03 Jan 1895	Queensland, Australia	22 May 1907	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	12
Son	Francis Helvetius HOBLER	02 Sep 1896	Queensland, Australia	07 Apr 1898	Queensland, Australia	1
Daughter	Constance Theodora HOBLER	12 Apr 1899	Queensland, Australia	1915	Jandowae, Queensland, Australia	16
Daughter	Ruth Lurline HOBLER	08 Sep 1900	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	09 Aug 1987	Queensland, Australia	86
Daughter	Florence Scovell HOBLER	06 Jun 1904	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	02 Mar 1999	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia	94

Sister	Maria (May) BARNARD	21 May 1863	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	06 Jun 1878	Tasmania, Australia	15
Brother	George Walter BARNARD	20 Oct 1864	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Brother	Charles Ashmall BARNARD	20 May 1867	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	24 Jul 1942	Duaringa, Queensland, Australia	75
Brother	Henry Greensill BARNARD	11 Apr 1869	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	07 Oct 1966	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	97
Brother	Wilfred (Tim) Bourne BARNARD	01 Oct 1870	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	17 Apr 1940	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	69
Brother	Louis Fowler BARNARD	22 Jul 1874	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	22 Jul 1874	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	0
Half Brother	Ernest Dawson BARNARD	11 Aug 1883	Queensland, Australia

Son in Law	Raymond Hosking WILSHIRE
Son in Law	Donald Malcolm FRAZER
Son in Law	Alfred Roman ROHI	06 Jun 1893	Rapla, Estonia	12 Jun 1979	Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia	86

Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt	Anne BARNARD	28 May 1830	Lambeth, Surrey, England	02 Mar 1852	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	21
Aunt	Sarah BARNARD	23 Nov 1832	Chiselhurst, Kent, England	26 Nov 1909	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	77
Uncle	Thomas BARNARD	04 Jul 1834	Chiselhurst, Kent, England
Aunt	Elizabeth Coppock GAUNT
Aunt	Clara BARNARD	18 Nov 1836	Chiselhurst, Kent, England	1861		25
Uncle	Effingham Billopp LAWRENCE
Aunt	Rose BARNARD	1838	Chiselhurst, Kent, England	1930		92
Uncle	Alfred GREEN
Aunt	Grace BARNARD	1840	Chiselhurst, Kent, England
Aunt	Mary BARNARD	1841	Chiselhurst, Kent, England
Uncle	Charles Thomas WATSON
Aunt	Ellen BARNARD	1843	Chiselhurst, Kent, England	1884		41
Uncle	William Henry BARNARD	04 Feb 1831	Lambeth, Surrey, England	12 Jan 1900	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	68
Aunt	Flora BARNARD	24 Dec 1845	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	1929	Victoria, Australia	84
Aunt	Jessie BARNARD	08 Dec 1847	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Uncle	Octavus Vernon LAWRENCE
Aunt	Ann Elizabeth BOURNE	1833	Yardley, Worcestershire, England
Uncle	male STOCKS
Uncle	William BOURNE	1835	Yardley, Worcestershire, England
Uncle	George BOURNE	abt 1836	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Aunt	Christiana BOURNE	1838	Yardley, Worcestershire, England
Aunt	Emelina BOURNE	abt 1838	Yardley, Worcestershire, England
Uncle	Tertius BOURNE	1843	Yardley, Worcestershire, England
Aunt	Louisa Jane BOURNE	1844	Yardley, Worcestershire, England
Aunt	Sarah Ann Wilkinson BOURNE	12 Feb 1845	Aston, Warwickshire, England	1936	Duaringa, Queensland, Australia	91
Uncle	George BARNARD	30 Mar 1831	Chiselhurst, Kent, England	11 Mar 1894	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	62
Uncle	Horatio Frederick BOURNE	1847	Aston, Warwickshire, England

Cousin	Ann Millicent BARNARD
Cousin	Clara Adelaide BARNARD
Cousin	George Mattias BARNARD
Cousin	Lillian BARNARD
Cousin	Thomas Louis BARNARD
Cousin	Frances Estelle BARNARD	07 Mar 1870	Windermere, Tasmania, Australia	31 Aug 1956	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	86
Cousin	Annie LAWRENCE
Cousin	Francis LAWRENCE
Cousin	Archis Barnard LAWRENCE
Cousin	Clara Nellie LAWRENCE
Cousin	Effingham Dryburg LAWRENCE
Cousin	Flora Gwendoline LAWRENCE
Cousin	Leonard Linley LAWRENCE
Cousin	Owen Effingham LAWRENCE
Cousin	Vernon Elliott LAWRENCE
Cousin	Alfred lawrence GREEN
Cousin	Reginald Harry WATSON
Cousin	Maude Marienne BARNARD	25 Mar 1863		27 Mar 1864		1
Cousin	Howard George Lawrence BARNARD	11 Mar 1864		21 Aug 1865		1
Cousin	Arthur Herbert BARNARD	25 Jan 1868	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1888	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	20
Cousin	Henry Lynn BARNARD	1870	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	14 Feb 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia	75
Cousin	Edith Ruth BARNARD	20 May 1871	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	12 Feb 1872	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Gertrude Marie BARNARD	02 Oct 1872	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	05 Oct 1946	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	74
Cousin	Dora BARNARD	24 Feb 1874	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	25 Dec 1954	Victoria, Australia	80
Cousin	Paul Vernon BARNARD	11 Oct 1875	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Evan William BARNARD	13 May 1877	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Jan 1878	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Octavia BARNARD	03 Sep 1881	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1964		83
Cousin	Bruce Effingham LAWRENCE
Cousin	Dorothy Rose LAWRENCE
Cousin	George Douglas LAWRENCE
Cousin	Helen Ruth LAWRENCE
Cousin	Jessie Katherine LAWRENCE
Cousin	Marjorie Muriel LAWRENCE
Cousin	Ernest Dawson BARNARD	11 Aug 1883	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Maria (May) BARNARD	21 May 1863	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	06 Jun 1878	Tasmania, Australia	15
Cousin	George Walter BARNARD	20 Oct 1864	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Charles Ashmall BARNARD	20 May 1867	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	24 Jul 1942	Duaringa, Queensland, Australia	75
Cousin	Henry Greensill BARNARD	11 Apr 1869	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	07 Oct 1966	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	97
Cousin	Wilfred (Tim) Bourne BARNARD	01 Oct 1870	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	17 Apr 1940	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Mabel Theodora BARNARD	18 Nov 1871	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	26 Aug 1925	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	53
Cousin	Louis Fowler BARNARD	22 Jul 1874	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	22 Jul 1874	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	0

Nephew	Hubert Ashmall BARNARD	16 Dec 1904	Queensland, Australia	1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Niece	Alice Marion (Chippy) BARNARD	10 Oct 1900	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	17 Jan 1981	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	80
Nephew	Horatio Elworthy BARNARD	06 Jul 1902	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	08 Jul 1902	Queensland, Australia	0
Niece	Vivian Greensill BARNARD	19 Aug 1903	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	13 Jul 1996	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	92
Niece	Berrill Nellie Theodora BARNARD	21 Apr 1906	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1997	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	91
Niece	Joyce (Tiny) Greensill BARNARD	02 Oct 1909	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	14 Sep 1997	Chermside, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Nephew	Henry (Harry) Walter Greensill BARNARD	17 Jun 1911	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	17 Oct 1974	Queensland, Australia	63
Nephew	Gregory St.John Greensill BARNARD	03 Jul 1913	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1981	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	68
Nephew	Wilfred Edgell BARNARD	21 Dec 1907	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	27 Nov 1994	Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia	86
Nephew	Bayard Edgell BARNARD	29 Sep 1909	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	20 Oct 1980	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Nephew	Robin Edgell BARNARD	25 Jan 1913	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	09 Sep 1942	Calcutta, India	29
Niece	Margaret Gordon BARNARD	12 Apr 1915	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	abt 1995	Canberra, ACT, Australia	80
Nephew	Cyril Moore HOBLER	01 Nov 1891	Queensland, Australia	29 Jul 1916	Pozieres, France	24
Niece	Enid Moore HOBLER	17 Jan 1894	Queensland, Australia	01 Oct 1959		65
Niece	Nea Moore HOBLER	02 May 1901	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Victor Learmonth HOBLER	12 Jun 1900	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1954	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	54
Niece	Jessie Learmonth HOBLER	13 Feb 1904	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Harold Learmonth HOBLER	08 Sep 1906	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Cecil Forde HOBLER	07 Sep 1899	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1969	New Guinea	70
Nephew	Rupert Forde HOBLER	1901	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Ormonde Forde HOBLER	30 Jul 1902	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	John (Jack) Forde HOBLER	26 Sep 1907	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	13 Jan 1996	Queensland, Australia	88
Nephew	Clive Morrell STRETTON	1898	Queensland, Australia	1970		72
Niece	Hilda Morrell STRETTON	14 Jul 1900	Queensland, Australia	Jul 1987	Queensland, Australia	87
Niece	Mona Morrell STRETTON	1902	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Jack Morrell STRETTON	28 Jan 1910	Queensland, Australia

Sister in Law	Mary Louisa HOBLER	1861	Portland, Victoria, Australia	1863	Queensland, Australia	2
Brother in Law	George Alexander HOBLER	18 Jan 1864	Queensland, Australia	06 Oct 1935	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	71
Brother in Law	Frederic Byerley HOBLER	05 Oct 1865	Queensland, Australia	04 Aug 1902	Mexico City, Mexico	36
Brother in Law	William Learmonth HOBLER	30 Nov 1867	Queensland, Australia	19 Mar 1936	Queensland, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Louis Edward HOBLER	14 Oct 1870	Queensland, Australia	1946	Queensland, Australia	76
Brother in Law	Walter Bucknall HOBLER	14 Oct 1870	Queensland, Australia	24 Jun 1953	Queensland, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Emily Jessie HOBLER	05 Nov 1871	Queensland, Australia	30 Jan 1874	Queensland, Australia	2
Sister in Law	Minnie HOBLER	21 Jul 1875	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	29 Jul 1962	Bromley, Kent, England	87
Sister in Law	Ada May (Mary) HOBLER	04 Sep 1876	Queensland, Australia	03 Mar 1877	Queensland, Australia	0
Sister in Law	Agnes HOBLER	20 May 1878	Queensland, Australia	25 Oct 1950	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	72
Sister in Law	Alice Agnes FREEMAN	1881	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia	14 Nov 1955	Duaringa, Queensland, Australia	74
Sister in Law	Alice May Mary Maud ELWORTHY	23 Aug 1872	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	09 Nov 1957	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Ellen Mabel Mamie EDGELL	07 May 1872	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	15 Oct 1944	Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia	72
Sister in Law	Beatrice Enrietta Marguerita BACCHI

Events in Mabel Theodora BARNARD (1871 - 1925)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
18 Nov 1871		Mabel Theodora BARNARD was born	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1871/C003021
03 Feb 1874	2	Death of mother Maria Trafalgar BOURNE (aged 34)	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 1
05 Nov 1892	20	Married Francis Helvetius (Frank) HOBLER (aged 32)	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1892/C001771
27 Aug 1893	21	Birth of daughter Myola May HOBLER	Queensland, Australia	1893/C010237
11 Mar 1894	22	Death of father George BARNARD (aged 62)	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
03 Jan 1895	23	Birth of daughter Beatrice Bourne HOBLER	Queensland, Australia	1895/C012145
02 Sep 1896	24	Birth of son Francis Helvetius HOBLER	Queensland, Australia	1896/C011786
07 Apr 1898	26	Death of son Francis Helvetius HOBLER (aged 1)	Queensland, Australia	1898/C004043
12 Apr 1899	27	Birth of daughter Constance Theodora HOBLER	Queensland, Australia	1899/C009637
08 Sep 1900	28	Birth of daughter Ruth Lurline HOBLER	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1900/C010534
14 Sep 1902	30	Death of daughter Myola May HOBLER (aged 9)	Queensland, Australia	1902/C004258
06 Jun 1904	32	Birth of daughter Florence Scovell HOBLER	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	1904/C003457
22 May 1907	35	Death of daughter Beatrice Bourne HOBLER (aged 12)	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	1907/C000910
1915	44	Death of daughter Constance Theodora HOBLER (aged 16)	Jandowae, Queensland, Australia	1915/C318
06 Sep 1921	49	Death of husband Francis Helvetius (Frank) HOBLER (aged 60)	Jandowae, Queensland, Australia	1921/C2587
26 Aug 1925	53	Mabel Theodora BARNARD died	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Ancestry (Angus)

Note 1: 1874/C001322
Mum's name given as Athmeer

Personal Notes:

MABEL THEODORA BARNARD was born on 18th November, 1871 at Crescent Lagoon near Rockhampton in Queensland. Her father had a 170 square mile cattle grazing property, Coomooboolaroo in the Duaringa District west of Rockhampton. Mabel had five brothers, she was the only daughter. Her mother, Maria, died when she was only three, and she was raised by her aunt and stepmother, Sarah.

Destiny dictated that Mabel would be a naturalist and collector. The children's home education included skills on identifying, collecting and preserving techniques of insects, bird skins and eggs and other animals. They were also well tutored in bush skills by the aboriginal people living on the station. The children became expert collectors and would travel long distances, sometimes as much as 100 miles, in search of new specimens. The collections grew rapidly, but animals were taken only for study purposes and the homestead grounds became a haven for wildlife. Mabel's family was visited by several notable naturalists from around the world, including Carl Lumholtz from Norway in 1883. He described the family as 'among the most skilful collectors he had met'.

After their father died in 1894, the family collection was sold for financial reasons, overseas. However, Mabel and her brothers continued to make their own collections. Her brothers Charles and Henry studied ornithology and entomology, Wilfred specialised in moths and butterflies, and her step brother Ernest, was also interested in ornithology.

At 20 years of age, Mabel married Francis Helvetius Hobler 11 and lived on stations he managed throughout Central Queensland. The drought of 1902 devastated the whole state and it was at this time that the Hoblers bought a sheep station, 'Kilrock' near Jandowae on the Darling Downs.

Mabel maintained a lifetime interest in entomology and any new visitors to the property were often greeted with, "Hello, do you collect beetles?" which became her passion. Mabel, net and collecting gear constantly at hand, travelled the district in search of new specimens. She visited the Bunya Mountains at the turn of the century when the only route to Munro's camp at the top, was along a timber getters shoot used for carting out timber. She was a member of the Queensland Naturalist's Club and Nature Lovers League.

She was an avid gardener and contributed wildflowers from the Jandowae district to shows and exhibitions. Mabel's home garden was well known in the district and she often used herbal remedies to treat her family.

It is a sign of the hardships of life at the turn of the century, that Mabel and Frank lost 4 children to maladies which are treatable or easily prevented today.

Her husband died in 1921 from cancer of the stomach after a year of illness, put down to indigestion. Soon after, Mabel sold the property and moved to Brisbane where she bought flats at Red Hill.

She continued to take an active part in the work of the Queensland Naturalist's Club and in 1924 served on the council as a committee member and wrote further articles. Fellow colleagues at the Club described her as ' a most enthusiastic naturalist and collector' and that she 'was of a very genial disposition, and much beloved by all who knew her'.

Mabel died on the 26th August, 1925 at the age of 53, from influenza, broncho pneumonia and eventually a heart attack. Only two daughters, Ruth and Florence, survived her.

She is buried in the Toowong Cemetry near Mt Cootha in Brisbane.
Gravesite Ref: A2934, Portion 8, Section 20, Allotment 22

Also

A well respected naturalist-collector in her own right, and daughter of esteemed natural history collector George Barnard, Mabel is accredited with the finds of the Myllocerus anolpus, M. sulciornius nigrieps and Apion hoblerae which was named in her honour. Both the South Australian Museum and Queensland Museum in Australia include in their displays specimens from Mabel's collections. Mable was a member of the Queensland Naturalists' Club and submitted several articles to the Queensland Naturalist journal. (Source: Brilliant Careers: women collectors and illustrators in Queensland, compiled by Judith McKay, a Queensland Museum Publication, 1997)

Articles written by Mabel Hobler (nee Barnard) include:

Hobler, (Mrs.) F. H. 1913. 'The Jabiru', The Queensland Naturalist (pages unknown)
Hobler, (Mrs.) F. H. 1922. 'From A Bush Window', The Queensland Naturalist (pages unknown)
Hobler, (Mrs.) F. H. 1923. 'Why the Birds Should Be Protected', The Queensland Naturalist (pages unknown)
Hobler, (Mrs.) F. H. 1924. 'Coleoptera found on Moreton Island during the Easter Encampment', The Queensland Naturalist 4(5):98-99.
Hobler, (Mrs.) F. H. 1925. 'A Beautiful Buprestid (Coleoptera)', The Queensland Naturalist 5(3):42-43.

Articles in which Mabel Hobler (nee Barnard) is mentioned include:

Lea, A. M. 1915 'Description of a New Species of Australian Coleoptera (Part x)', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol 39, No.4.
McDonald, L. 1981 Rockhampton. A History of City & District. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland.
Musgrave, A. 1932 Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of new South Wales, Sydney.
Zimmerman, E. C. 1991 Australian Weevils, Vol 5, CSIRO Publications, Melbourne.

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