Grace Marjorie was their first child, born on the 25th November, 1911 at the house of William Henry Hobbs, the father of Grace Barrand (nee Hobbs), Birth Ref: Hackney 1912 - 1st Qtr (1b -768) The Certificate shows that Oscar Alfred was already a Master Mariner. Grace Marjorie died in Tuticorin (India) on the 5th November 1913.
Birth Certificate of Grace Marjorie Barrand 1911
Grace Barrand with Marjorie 1913
Oscar Alfred Barrand, Grace and Marjorie
Marjorie 1913
Memorial to Marjorie Barrand, Robert Cockburn and George Pike in Tuticorin
Memorial to William Leverett and George Pike of the Twingone in Tuticorin Church
British Deaths at sea index 1913 - SS Twingone
| Thomas bc 1755 d 1810 = 22/06/1781 Susan Cook bc 1752 d 1822 Thomas b 1783 d 1836 John b 1791 d 1871 = 11/11/1804 Sarah Eliz. Took b 1780 d 1852 Ann Routeledge b 1795 d 1857 Isaac Andrew b 1827 d 1877 = 22/10/1850 Mary Eliz. Reece b 1826 d 1912 Sarah Elizabeth b 1859 d 1880 James b 1830 d 1914 Emma Lash b 1829 d 1894 = 09/08/1852 Alfred James b 1855 d 1885 = 28/02/1880 Oscar Alfred b 1880 d 1953 Mary Biglands b 1854 d 1890 Harold John Biglands b 1883 d 1955 Edith Mary b 1884 d 1928 Canada = 05/07/1882 = 04/02/1911 = 1914 = 1913 Grace Hobbs b 1884 d 1959 Sarah Bainbridge b 1886 d 1946 Joseph Gate b 1880 d 1971 Elizabeth b 1924 Peter Charles b 1919 d 1941 Ivor Wilfred b 1917 d 1977 Denis Louis b 1914 d 1980 Oscar Brian b 1913 d 1973 Grace Margory b 1911 d 1913 = 29/11/1813 | |||||||||
Oscar Brian was their 2nd child, born on the 21st June, 1913 in Rangoon in Burma. He lived in Liverpool during the 1st World War and he moved to London afterwards wth the family. He joined the Boys’ Brigade in Leytonstone and left school at about 17, and gained employment in Leytonstone as a newspaper reporter. He served his apprenticeship as a journalist, and then moved to Jamaica around 1935 and worked for the "Kingston Gleaner" newspaper as a reporter until 1940/41. Whilst in Jamaica in 1938, he became well known as a polo player and also a local swimming celebrity, and is reported in the newspapers as an "aquatic star". Oscar represented the Kingston swimming club on numerous occasions and judged the diving competitions in 1938. He helped to form the Jamaica Newsprinters' and Journalists' Union in 1938. On the 28th April, 1939 it was reported in the Gleaner that he was "The most likely contender for the title of 100 metre freestyle swimming competition" On the 27th November, 1939, whilst on an assignment for the Gleaner Newspaper, he was badly injured in a motor car accident and spent considerable time in the Kingston Public Hospital. In November, 1941, Oscar went to Canada and joined the Canadian Air Force, and was shipped back to the UK as a volunteer. While training in the UK, he received injuries when a plane in which he he was practicing met with an accident and crashed. Although not seriously injured, he passed all his necessary tests and received his "wings" (reported in the Jamaica Gleaner 25th June, 1942). He served in Bomber Command as a bomb aimer in Lancaster bombers, flying out of Lossiemouth in Scotland. He completed some additional training in South Africa, and eventually returned there, and then on to Rhodesia, where he became assistant editor for the Rhodesian Herald in Salisbury. He married (?) in Rhodesia in 1944 (?), but the marriage only lasted a few months. "Oscar Brian" had a serious drink problem, and it appears he became unreliable, and it cost him his job and his own column on the newspaper, and he died of a heart attack on the 24th October 1973, aged 60.
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Kingston Gleaner Tue, Oct 30, 1945
By T.E.Sealey – My LONDON LOG Co-ordinating Editor of the Gleaner
October 23rd I met Flight Sergeant O.B. Barrand the Anglo Indian reporter who left the early in the war to join the RAF. After getting shrapnel in the shoulder and injuring an ear drum, Barrand came off operational flying. He is now finishing a tele printer course after which he will be stationed in India He tells me that in spite of him not practicing his short hand. He tried his hand the other day with the BBC and got it down just like he used to when monitoring London in the Gleaner.
Kingston Gleaner, Sun, Aug 4, 1946
GENERAL OVERSEAS SERVICE 1:45 The News and Programme Announcements fl OO West Indian Guest Night A S Hardy interviews Oscar Brian Barrand on The Future of Journalism in the West Indies followed by Caribbean Voices.
The judges for the Kingston swimming regatta were Mr................... and the judges for diving were Mr. O. B. Barrand and Mr.....
Kingston Gleaner Saturday 1st February, 1936
The following will represent Kingston C in water polo match against the Sherwood Foresters Bournemouth 7.30 p.m - D Rogers, W Rogers, A Morman, G. Woolley, J. Garry, P. Botram and O. B. Barrand.
Kingston Gleaner Tuesday, October 05, 1937,
Swimming Gala
The official swimming season starts tonight. No less than 116 entries have been received, the most likelv contenders for the title being M. Guilfoyle, and K. Mimm. from the J. A. S. C also O.B. Barrand, D. Gore and E- Ramirez from the Kingston Swimming Club, and R. Henriciucs from the "Carib?." A great number of entries have been received.
Kingston Gleaner Friday, April 28, 1939,
Oscar Brian Barrand 1914
Oscar Brian Barrand 1919
Oscar Brian Barrand 1924
Oscar Brian Barrand 1927
Oscar Brian Barrand 1943
Oscar Brian Barrand 1944
Oscar Brian to Jamaica 1936
| Name: | Oscar Brian Barrand |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 22 |
| Birth Date: | abt 1914 |
| Departure Date: | 26 Mar 1936 |
| Port of Departure: | Avonmouth, England |
| Destination Port: | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Ship Name: | Cavina |
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| Shipping Line: | Elders and Fyffes Limitetd |
| Official Number: | 147896 |
Name: BARRAND, Phyllis J
Place: Gwelo
Country: Zimbabwe
Year: 1945
Page: 1245
Spouse's last name: Johnson
Record source: GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Name: JOHNSON, Walter
Place: Gwelo
Country: Zimbabwe
Year: 1945 Page: 1245
Spouse's last name: Barrand
Record source: GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Marriage of Phyllis Barrand to Walter Johnson
This is the wife of Oscar Brian Barrand? Did she marry in 1945 to Walter Johnson ?
Photograph of Oscar Brian and Phyllis (?)
Oscar Brian Barrand
Death Certificate Oscar Brian Barrand – Salisbury (Zimbabwe)
Obituary, Oscar Brian Barrand – Rhodesia Herald
Denis Louis was their third child, born on the 27th September, 1914 at Ince Avenue, Crosby in Liverpool. Birth Ref: West Derby 1914 - 4th Qtr (8b - 435) Denis's father, Oscar Alfred Barrand was recorded as a “Board of Trade Ship Surveyor” in the birth certificate of Denis Louis. Denis was always more of a “loner”, doing his own things. He also joined the Leytonstone Boys’ Brigade and attended Leyton High School in London, as did all the boys. Denis was a keen swimmer and sport was always part of his younger life. He worked for the Local Government when he first left school, but after a while, joined the Hollerith Tabulating Machine Co which eventually became IBM. During the 2nd world war, Denis served with the army, but never saw action, and worked in Belguim and Germany after 1945. He was an excellent photographer and made that as his hobby. Denis never married and died of an asthmatic heart attack on the 5th July, 1980 at his home in Amersham. Death Ref: Chiltern & Beaconsfield, 1980 - 3rd Qtr (19 - 0929) and he was still working for IBM at the time of his death as a Finance Administrator.
Birth Certificate of Denis Louis Barrand 1914
Birth Certificate Denis Louis Barrand
Death Certificate of Denis Louis Barrand 1980
Denis Louis Barrand 1918 1924
Denis Louis Barrand