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* John Alfred Barnard (1861-1910) born in Grenville Province of Quebec, GM of the Ohio, Indiana & Western RR, as well as GM of Peoria & Eastern RR; Episcopalian; Two wives; First was Louise Ingalls who was daughter of Melville Ingalls, president of the Cleveland, Cincinatti, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad; Second wife was Julia Fletcher. John lived in Coronado and Pasadena, CA. Three children: Hilda (1902), Julia (1904) and Agnes (1905). Due to a acrimonious custody dispute thru divorce, as each of the three children inherited $250k, Julia committed suicide in 1910.
* Gertrude Barnard (m. Arthur G. Wells, born in Guelph, ON, son of Arthur & Georgiana Wells, and served as general manager of the Santa Fe Railway); Gertrude founded and taught the Wellspring Bible Class at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL, as well as serving as as president of the women’s missionary society, taught a bible class for young married women in Winnetka in the home of Henry Coleman Crowell, whose father was the founder of Quaker Oats, and president of the board of [[Moody Bible Institute]] (1902-1944.
** Henry himself was an executive vice-president at Moody, and president of Missionary Equipment Service in Chicago. She also served with a social service agency known as Erie Chapel, Moody Bible Institute, and later was involved in outreach to Chinese girls in Los Angeles associated with Biola. She was also a member of the Executive Committee of the American Mission to Lepers.
* Robert Christie Barnard (1869-1942), m. 1897 Helen Cheney Nelson (1875-1955). Born in Montreal, Quebec. Studied 1890 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Engineer in RR including superintendent of Cleveland Akron & Columbus RR, and secretary of the Dayton Union RR. Helen served as a director of the prestigious Three Arts Club of Cincinatti. Robert was part of the Queen City Club, and Country Club in Cincinatti.
