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Janet

Janet Report 25 Feb 2008 14:46

I am trying to find out about my grandfather who was called Benjamin Barker.He was born in Ilkeston,Derbyshire around 1891.If anyone has any information for me i would be very grateful.He also married Mary Ann Chapman,she was also from Ilkeston Derbyshire.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 25 Feb 2008 14:47

If you look for his birth on freebmd, you can order the cert, which will tell you full names of both parents.

Better still, order his marriage cert, which will give you an accurate age for him.........

Name: Benjamin H Barker
Year of Registration: 1919
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse's Surname: Chapman
District: Basford
County: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 548


Reg

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 25 Feb 2008 14:50

This birth MIGHT be his.............

Name: Benjamin Harold Barker
Year of Registration: 1892
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Chesterfield
County: Derbyshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 746

Reg

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 25 Feb 2008 16:20

This looks like it could possibly be him in the 1901 census with his father (a widow) and his siblings:-

Name: Benjamin Barker
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Robert
Gender: Male
Where born: Blackwell, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Blackwell
Ecclesiastical parish: Blackwell St Werburgh
Town: Blackwell
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England

Street address: New Lane

Occupation: His father is a Ganger under ground

Condition as to marriage: single

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Mansfield
Sub-registration district: Blackwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 201
Household Members: Name Age

Benjamin Barker 10
Eliza Barker 12
Ellen Barker 15
John Barker 13
Robert Barker 55
Robert Barker 19
William Barker 22

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3135; Folio: 144; Page: 34.

His marriage certificate will confirm his father's name.

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 25 Feb 2008 16:33

This looks like the same family in 1891 (this time with Robert's wife still alive):-

Name: Robert Barker
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Ashover, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Blackwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Werburgh
Town: Blackwell
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Mansfield
Sub-registration district: Blackwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age

Elizabeth Barker 40
Elizabeth Barker 2
Elting Barker 5
Emma Barker 15
John Barker 5
Robert Barker 46
Robert Barker 9
Samuel Barker 17
William Barker 11
Emma Fletcher 18 - niece
Ernest Fletcher 1 - nephew
Elizabeth Sims 63 - mother-in-law

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2650; Folio 91; Page 13; GSU roll: 6097760.

Kath. x