What became of Jemima Louisa Barker?

[Helen347]

Jemima Louisa Barker nee Lloyd was born in 1824 in Northumberland and married John Pooler Barker in London.  They subsequently settled in Newcastle under Lyme where they ran a wine and spirit vaults. There were 6 children, at least one of whom, Annie Evelyn, died in childhood. In February 1861 John Barker died and the widowed Jemima moved from one pub to another gradually going downhill until in March 1864, running the Coopers Arms in Hanley, she was made bankrupt.  After that she disappears. Does anyone know what became of her?  Did she re-marry, die or emigrate?  The remaining children were Fanny, George, Susanna, Emily and Florence.  They have proved difficult to trace with certainty, though George seems to have gone to sea and Fanny went to work for her aunt and uncle as a barmaid in Burslem.

[avm228]

Welcome to Rootschat 

Do you have birthdates and birthplaces for the children, so that we can better understand the family’s chronology?

[avm228]

I see that when freshly widowed in 1861 Jemima (34 b Newcastle upon Tyne) had with her Emily Louisa, 4, Florence P, 2, and Annie E, 11mo, all born Newcastle Staffs.

RG9/1916/76/11.

[avm228]

Birth registrations:

Fanny Elizabeth Barker mmn Lloyd, Mar qtr 1847 Shoreditch
George Frederick Barker mmn Lloyd, Jun qtr 1848 Kensington
Susann Adelaide Barker mmn Lloyd, Jun qtr 1850 Kensington
John Henry Barker mmn Lloyd, Dec qtr 1853 Kensington (died Dec qtr 1853 Kensington aged 0) ??
Emily Louisa Barker mmn Lloyd, Sep qtr 1856 Newcastle under Lyme
Florence Penelope Barker mmn Lloyd, Sep qtr 1858 Newcastle under Lyme
Annie Evelyne Barker mmn Lloyd, Jun qtr 1860 Newcastle under Lyme (buried 20.07.1862, aged 2)

[Helen347]

Jemima and John's children were as follows:
Fanny Elizabeth Barker b 1847 London Shoreditch
George Frederick Barker b 1848 London Paddington
Susann Adelaide Barker b 1850 London Shoreditch
Emily Louisa Barker b 1856 Newcastle u Lyme
Florence Penelope Barker b 1858 Newcastle u Lyme
Annie Evelyn Barker b 14860 Newcastle u Lyme, died 20/7/1862

Thanks.

[avm228]

Jemima and John's children were as follows:
Fanny Elizabeth Barker b 1847 London Shoreditch
George Frederick Barker b 1848 London Paddington
Susann Adelaide Barker b 1850 London Shoreditch
Emily Louisa Barker b 1856 Newcastle u Lyme
Florence Penelope Barker b 1858 Newcastle u Lyme
Annie Evelyn Barker b 14860 Newcastle u Lyme, died 20/7/1862

Thanks.

There’s a suggested additional one in my list at reply #3 - John Henry, sadly short-lived.

[avm228]

I see that Susan(n) died as Susan Adelaide Parkinson in Australia (Korumbarra, Victoria) in 1927 - parents recorded as Jno Barker and Jemima Lloyd.

[avm228]

Chronology for Susan:

1861: Susan Barker, 11 b Poplar, in Elsenham, Essex with grandmother Mary Barker.
1871: Susanah Barker, 21 b London, is a boarder in Shelton, Staffs.
??: Marriage to a Mr Owen?
1879 (25 Oct): Marriage as Susan Ann Owen (widow) to Theophilus Beardmore (widower), Edensor Staffs
1881 census: in Stoke on Trent as Susan Beardmore - brother George Barker staying
1885: Emigrates to Brisbane on the Bulimba as Susannah Beardmore
1912: Widowed when Theophilus Beardmore dies in Boolarra, Victoria, Australia
1920: As Susannah Adelaide Beardmore, marries George Parkinson in Victoria, Australia
1927: Death in Victoria, Australia as Susan Adelaide Parkinson

[Helen347]

Wow!  Thanks avm228!  You have added quite a bit to what I had uncovered.  I knew about the Beardmore connection though I too haven't found the Owen marriage, but I didn't know about their emigration to Australia etc.  Neither had I found the other son, John Henry, though I suspected other children because of the age gap.
I do have probable information on George who seems to have returned to Stoke after 10 years with the navy and settled down lodging with the family of Henry White in Trentham, whose widow, Lydia he later had 2 children with, Ethel and Marian.