Violet Isabella Alice Holdaway (1913-1990) and Francis William ‘Frank’ Barks (1907-1992)
Violet Isabella Alice Holdaway (1913-1990)
Daughter of Thomas Henry Holdaway (1869-1935) and Jessie Henderson (1885-1968)
Born in Madras 23 February 1913
Married Francis William ‘Frank’ Barks (1907-1992) September 1933
Worked for the WVS
Violet and Frank had two children
Died at Newark, UK on 27 June 1990
Frank Herbert Barks (1935-2000)
Lorna Jean Barks (b.1939)
Violet (bottom right) with her family
Violet with her brother Charles in Lovedale
Violet with her mother and father
My father’s mother, my father with Violet on the right
Frank Barks (far left on boat) Violet (centre at back) and her brothers ‘Billy’ (second from right) and Herbert (front left)
The Barks family