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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Thursday 21 March 13 09:23 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Derek

From the Baslow records that you do have, can you shed any light on the dates of the marriage of George and Sarak Barker. We know from purchased certificates that George died in 1840 aged 57 as a weaver; so his birth is about 1783. Sarah died 1875 aged 86; so her birth was about 1789.
If George married at about 20 y.o. that means Sarah was about 14 y.o. Is this plausable or are one of the dates or ages on the certificates wrong.
A question if I may about George's death cert', the informant is William Barker, possibly his son. But this son;s position is given as "Inmate Bubnell", can you enlighten me on this description?

regards
Don

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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Wednesday 20 March 13 00:06 GMT (UK)  »
Thankyou for that Malcom33.
I am still trying to determine the births and marriage of George and Sarah before stepping back earlier into the 18th century.

regards
Don

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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Friday 05 October 12 21:57 BST (UK)  »
Hi Veronica and Derek
From an Australian experience, maybe we expect that they would have done what we now think is a normal thing to do, erect a headstone.  It could have been simply that they did not have the money for headstones.
Veronica, your contact details came through on your last posting, so I will arrange to copy a few things through to you.
regards
Don

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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Friday 05 October 12 10:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi Veronica

The record for George Baker's death is
      1840,  Bakewell,  Derbyshire,  Vol 19, page 324,  age 57
and for Sarah
      Jun quarter, 1875, Bakewell, Derbyshire,  86 years old  Vol 7b page 428

How would you describe Bubnell as it was back in their time? Is it now a suburb of Bakewell?

Don

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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Friday 05 October 12 00:31 BST (UK)  »
Hi Veronica

Yesterday I tried to attach the death certificate for Caleb to that posting, but it is too large, exceeding the 500kb limit for attachments. I think the site administrator will allow us to communicate through other email addresses, so if you like, contact me on *
Caleb and Sep had I think two other brothers in Australia, all living in the same general area. I can also send you the family group information that I have collected over the  years.
Yes I am in Australia; I got excited when I finally found a contact in the UK because of the hope of discovering more about that branch of the family.

regards
Don
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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Wednesday 03 October 12 22:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi Veronica

This man has been somewhat of a puzzle for a while concerning the christen names. For me, when I follow back from my g-grandfather Frederick Barker, his birth certificate lists his parents as James Barker and Maria Woolhouse. But I can only find a marriage for Caleb and Maria. So I am not sure if Caleb adopted the name James or if he was christened with it as a second name. You can read through my original postings about following the man on census forms.
I already have a long list of information about Septimus; from his migration through to his residences as recorded on census rolls. The Melbourne suburb for the Barker Brothers herbalist shop was Richmond.
Caleb died 18 Feb 1891 in Melbourne Gaol from alcoholic pneumonia, as it is listed on his death certificate. I have photos of his wife Maria, but don't know if any existed of Caleb. My grandmother had Maria's photo is her collection with a note on the back of it saying Maria was her grandmother. Maria stayed in Melbourne with her son Albert Edward. She passed away 30 Jun 1923.
Don

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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Wednesday 03 October 12 11:32 BST (UK)  »
I would like to talk more with you on this person.
The James I am researching was born about 1830 in Baslow, Derbyshire. If your G-mother was born in 1864, there seems to be a generation between these two. And my problem is I'm unsure if my James was named James Caleb.

Don

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Derbyshire / Re: James BARKER in Baslow
« on: Wednesday 21 March 12 00:57 GMT (UK)  »
Thankyou to those who provided helpful suggestions.  I'm still not sure how Caleb was sometimes 'james' or 'jas c' in the census returns.
I did trace Caleb to Australia, migrating into Mortens Bay [Brisbane] in 1883 and sometime later he and family are in Melbourne living near his brother Septimus at Hampton. Caleb died in Feb 1891 and his wife Maria died in June 1923

I wont persue this further

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Derbyshire Lookup Requests / Re: anyone need a look-up done at derbyshire records office
« on: Thursday 19 January 12 22:07 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Moira

I would like to take your kind offer of a free look-up. I am tracing a ggfather in Baslow Derbyshire.
The man was    James or Caleb Barker born in 1830-1831. Father George and Mother Sarah
My problem has been that this person seems to have used both names on different documents, so I am trying to establish if he was given two christen names. Equally was there a person with either of those names.

regards
Donald Wood
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