Arthur BARHAM

[Bob2399]

Hi there, I am trying totrack down arthur Barham. I have his enlistment papers showing that he enlisted into the 83rd Regt on 13th November 1868. His apparent age was said to be 20.. I have sufficient details of Arthur's military service and after, but I am unable to find out anything about him before  that date. He states that he was born in the parish of Higham near Bury St Edmonds, so I assume that he he would have been born about 1848. Previous to his ennlistment he was released from the Suffolk Militia.
VCan anyone assist me in this search?
Thanks
Bob

[toni*]

not sure if this is much help,
i have Arthur Barham in my tree ( a very distant relation) he was baptised on 10.01.1823 at Chilham Kent, He maried Elizabeth Smith and his occupation was a corn porter.
he had a child Charles, i have Charles down as being b. circa 1880 which would make Arthur 58 when he was born.

[Bob2399]

Thanks Toni* I think that your Arthur would be too old for me unless it would be as father & son. As I said mine Arthur was born about 1848 in Higham Parish But thanks for the interest. He is a bit remote from my central line but he holds a certain fascination for me. He married Eleanor Dudgeon in Belgaum (India) in 1881. She was the daughter of a soldier and he was twice her age
Thanks again
Bob

[suffolk*sue]

On the 1861 census, there is an Arthur G. Barham, born abt. 1844 in Suffolk. He is a stable boy in Yorkshire.

RG9/3626 - Norton, Yorkshire
Folio 136, Page 12

[Bob2399]

Hi Suffolk*Sue. Thanks for that as well. I did see it. He is the closest but in all of the  military records that I have, there is no middle name mentioned. I have tried overseas records as well but will try again in case i missed him.
Thank you for your interest
Bob

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

I found this birth,

Arthur BAREHAM  Sep Q 1848  Newmarket  v.14  p.105

Checking here, Higham would have been in Newmarket registration district

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/newmarket.html


Regards
Daisy

[Dave Francis]

Aha! Well spotted Daisy!

This one perhaps?

1861 Gazeley Suffolk
RG 9/1034 folio 49 page 2
Address: Upper Green

William Bearham [sic], head, 49, ag lab
Martha, wife, 47
William E., son, 22, ag lab
John, son, 20, ag lab
George, son, 15, ag lab
Arthur, son, 12, ag lab
James, son, 9, scholar
Henry, son, 9, scholar [bracketed with James as 'twins']
Alfred, son, 5, scholar

All recorded as born in Higham Suffolk

[Daisypetal]

Hi again,

I was just looking at them Dave on Ancestry that family in 1861 is transcribed as BEACHAM

How about this?


Marriage
William BARHAM  Sep Q 1838  Newmarket  v.14  p.141
Martha SARGEANT on same page



(Transcribed as BARCHAM)
1841  HO107/1032/11  f.4  p.2  Gazeley, Suffolk
Gazeley Hamlet of Higham
Upper Green
//
Mary SARGEANT    65    Ag Lab
/
William BAREHAM  30   Ag Lab
Martha        "        25
William       "          3
John           "           1
Mary SARGEANT     35    Ag Lab
Maria        "            6
Martha      "            8
Susan       "            5              All born in County
//



This looks like the twins births,

Henry BARHAM  Dec Q 1851  Newmarket  v.14  p.107
John BARHAM with same details.


I've been looking for them in 1851 but I found this instead,

Known problems with the 1851 Census:
The following parishes and hamlets are missing from these piece numbers. Some of these parishes and hamlets represent the entirety of the piece, while others are just portions of a piece.

Amongst others,
 
Piece: 1763 Cambridgeshire and Suffolk
Dalham
Dunstall-Green
Gazeley 
Higham Green
Kennett Lidgate
Moulton
Ousden
Southwell Park


Daisy

[Bob2399]

Hi Daisy & Dave. What can I say. That has to be the Arthur Barham that I have been searching for. My Arthur had 3 sons and he named them, Arthur, Henry & Alfred - coincidence? I did look under variations of the name but not very closely it seems. I am very grateful to you for your interest and results. The door to the past is now open !
Bob