• Born: 1881, Pitt-street, Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia ¹
• Married: 25 Apr 1907, Christ Church, North Adelaide, S.A., Australia ²
• Died: 4 Dec 1937, 1 Wunulla Rd., Point Piper, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia ^{3 4}

  Research Notes:

Named as a beneficiary in her mother's Will (1913), then married

Named as a beneficiary in her father's Will (1914), then married

Sole Executrix of her husband's Will

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"BARKER.—December 4, 1937, at her residence 1 Wunulla Road, Point Piper, Edith Redfern, widow of the late Reginald F. Barker, and dearly loved mother of Tim and Sheila." ⁴

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Will of Edith Redfern Barker late of Bellevue Hill - Woollahra - Widow, written 20 Apr 1931, probate 2 Feb 1938.

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me EDITH REDFERN BARKER of Fairfax Road Bellevue Hill Woollahra near Sydney in the State of New South Wales Widow — 1. I HEREBY REVOKE all wills and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me AND DECLARE this to be my last will and testament. — 2. I APPOINT the PERPETUAL TRUSTEE COMPANY (LIMITED) of Sydney aforesaid executor and trustee of this my will (hereinafter referred to as "my Trustee"). 3. I APPOINT my sister STELLA MABEL TILLEY of Fairfax Road Bellevue Hill Woollahra near Sydney aforesaid Widow guardian of my infant child. — 4. AFTER payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my real and personal estate of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate unto and to the use of my trustee to sell call in and convert the same into money either by public auction or private contract and either for cash on on terms with liberty at its discretion to postpone such sale calling in and conversion until such time or times as it may think fit and to invest the proceeds resulting therefrom in any of the investments authorised by law with power to transpose such investments for others of a similar nature UPON TRUST (a) TO pay and divide the income therefrom equally between my two children ROWAN SHULDHAN BARKER and SHIELA ALISON BARKER of the survivor by subject to sub-clause (c) of this clause until my daughter the said Shiela Alison Barker shall attain the age of twenty one years or if deceased at the time when she would have attained such age (hereinafter referred to as the period of distribution) after which event — (b) AS to both income and capital monies same shall be divided into two equal shares one share to be given to my daughter the said Shiela Alison Barker absolutely and as to the remaining share same shall be invested by my Trustee for my son the said Rowen Shuldhan Barker in any of the investments authorised by law and the income resulting therefrom shall be paid to him during his lifetime and on and after his death provided he shall leave issue him surviving same shall go to and be divided both as to capital and income monies equally amongst such children PROVIDING ALWAYS that should my said son die without leaving issue him surviving such share shall go to my said daughter or should she also be deceased to her issue surviving (if any) PROVIDED FURTHER should my said daughter die before the said period of distribution without leaving issue her surviving her share shall go to and be added to the share of my said son and then the trusts hereinbefore declared shall be revoked and my said son shall become entitled absolutely as to both income and capital represented by his own share and that of the share of my said daughter. — I DECLARE that should both my said children die before the said period of distribution without leaving issue surviving then all my estate as to both capital and income monies shall go to and be divided amongst my sisters or whichever of them shall be still surviving at the said period of distribution PROVIDED ALWAYS should my said sisters both be deceased then amongst such of the children of my brothers and sisters living at the said period of distribution in equal shares PROVIDED FURTHER that should any or all of such children die before the said period of distribution but leaving issue surviving such issue shall take per stirpes and if more than one then equally between them the share which his her or their parent would have taken had he she or they survived. — 5. I EMPOWER my Trustee during the minority of any beneficiary hereunder to apply the whole or any part of the income of the share or raise the whole or any part of the then presumptive share of any beneficiary under the trusts hereinbefore declared and apply or pay the same as my trustee shall think fit for the maintenance support education or benefit of such beneficiary with liberty to pay the same to the guardian or guardians of such minor without being liable to see to the application thereof. IN WITNESS whereof I have to this and the preceding and following pages of this my Will hereunto subscribed my name this twentieth day of April one thousand nine hundred and thirty one.
EDITH R. BARKER
SIGNED by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us both present at the same time and we at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:— THOMAS MAGNEY Solicitor Sydney — A. S. LOUGHMAN Accountant to Magney & Magney Solicitors Sydney.
2nd February, 1938. On this date Probate of the last Will and Testament of the abovenamed deceased was granted to PERPETUAL TRUSTEE COMPANY (LIMITED) the Executor named in the said Will — TESTATRIX died on the 4th day of DECEMBER, 1937. ESTATE sworn at £21,914.12. 3 nett. ⁷