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MILWARD—RUTHERFORD
Charles Amherst MILWARD
b. 1859 Paddington, London; bap. 1860 Ecton, Northants.; son of Rev. Henry Charles MILWARD & Margaret Aston WILKINSON; 1871 living Aston, Warks.; merchant navy captain with New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.; 1898 Desolation Island, Tierra del Fuego, loss of S.S. Mataura; settled in Punta Arenas; 1900 (following death of 1st wife) younger brother Victor Graham MILWARD was children's guardian; 1903-1910 Magallanes, British vice-consul; owned engineering workshop/foundry (partner LION); church-warden and benefactor of St. James Anglican church; 1907 visited Aysén; 1910 Director of British Association of Magallanes; 1910-1915 British consul; brother Henry Arthur MILWARD came to live in Punta Arenas; 1916 hosted Ernest Shackleton; 1918 director of Banco de Punta Arenas; d. 1928 Punta Arenas; bur. Punta Arenas (see below)
m1. 1890 Christchurch, New Zealand
Janet [Jennetta] Beckett RUTHERFORD
b. 1864 Dublin, Ireland; 5th dtr. of James RUTHERFORD & Jane SUMMERVILLE; (father, c1825-1883, member of the House of Representatives, Kaitangata, Otago, New Zealand); d. 1897 Cape Town, South Africa
Descent:
1. Douglas Sutherland; b. 1892 Kingston registration district, Surrey; lawyer; 1929 living Harpenden, Herts.; d. 1957 Stroud
2. Henry Charles Rutherford; b. 1894 Kingston, Surrey; 1929 living Streatham, London; d. 1961 Lewes
3. Margaret Eileen; b. 1896 Wandsworth, Surrey; 1929 living Shrewsbury, Shropshire; d. 1981 Kent [?]
MILWARD—BARR
Charles Amherst MILWARD (see above)
m2. 1916 Punta Arenas
Isabella (Isabel) Burns BARR
b. 1886 Scotland; dtr. of William BARR, miner; to Magallanes; domestic servant; 1914 baptized son Thomas Andrew BARR ("Jock", deceased); 1928 took over management of husband's business; deceased
Descent:
1. Mary Monica; b. 1917 Magallanes; newspaper reporter; lived Viña del Mar; m. 1953 Santiago, John J. BARNETT; project specialist for CEPAL; 1974 living in Lima, Peru; d. 1982 Santiago; with descent
2. Victoria Isabel ("Lala"); b. 1919 Punta Arenas; m. Edward Peter LEACH; 7 children; d. 2007 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Milward Residence, Punta Arenas (built 1924)
