Stories of Lucy Jane Cobblecick

1915 OBITUARY -------- MRS. W. BARROWS. (The Border Watch 17th November)

Mrs. Lucy Jane Barrows, wife of Mr. W. Barrows, farmer, Mount Gambier, died on Sunday afternoon at the residence of her youngest daughter, Mrs. F. Gratton, in Adelaide. About a month ago the deceased went to Adelaide with her husband for the benefit of his health, and to see various members of her family and other relatives. On Tuesday week she was suddenly seized with a serious illness, and despite medical aid, became so ill that on Friday her children at Mount Gambier and elsewhere were telegraphed regarding her state. Her two daughters at Mount Gambier, Mrs. S. E. Higgs and Mrs. A. A. Haddy, left for Adelaide on Saturday and reached there in time to see their mother alive. Mrs. Barrows was a daughter of the late Mr. James Cobbledick of Mount Lofty, and was born at O'Halloran Hill, in September 1842, her father was overseer at Major O'Halloran's Estate there. She was thus 73 years of age when she died. Three years after her birth her parents removed to Mount Lofty where Mr. Cobbledick carried on the Springfield Gardens, near Summertown. Miss Cobbledick was married to Mr. Barrows in September 1863, and came with him to Mount Gambier where he had purchased a farm, on which they subsequently made their home. Since then she lived with her husband and family continuously at Mount Gambier.

Mrs. Barrows leaves a family of five daughters and one son. The son is Mr. W. J. Barrows of Mount Gambier and the daughters Mesdames S. E. Higgs, Mount Gambier; C. E. Kerr, Adelaide; J. A. Parkes, Waikerie; A. A. Haddy, Mount Gambier; and F. Gratton, Adelaide. A son died while a youth. The deceased also leaves 22 grand children and 2 great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the Methodist Church for many years, but latterly was connected with the Christadelphian Church in Adelaide. The remains of the deceased were brought from Adelaide on Monday, and interred in the Mount Gambier cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral was attended by a large number of friends. The officiating minister was Rev. W. A. Potts and Mr. G. Lewis carried out the funeral arrangements.

From Ruth Payne nee Gratton, Dec 1999:

Grandma Barrows visited her daughter, Amy, and son in law Frank Lymer Gratton in Launceston sometime during the years they lived there, 1907 to 1911. She sent postcards to her grandson, Walter Parkes, showing Trevallyn as it was then. Grandma died in 1915 while she was staying with Amy and Frank in Adelaide. At that time they lived at 40 Eton Street, Malvern;