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Author: Jocelyn1411 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/4373.4.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Tobert I found this as well: Name: Robert Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Elizabeth Varker Birth Place: Fryers Creek, Victoria Registration Year: 1860 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 16359 Name: Stephen James Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Elizabeth Barkla Birth Place: Bendigo, Victoria Registration Year: 1861 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 22995 Name: John Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Elizabeth Barele Birth Place: Sandhurst, Sandridge, Victoria Registration Year: 1862 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 23457 Name: Henry Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Elizabeth Barela Birth Place: Sandhurst, Victoria Registration Year: 1869 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 4795 Name: Martha Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Elizabeth Barkla Birth Place: Sandhurst, Victoria Registration Year: 1869 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 4794 Name: Stephen Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Elizabeth Barkla Birth Place: Sandhurst, Sandridge, Victoria Registration Year: 1870 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 11464 Name: Ralph Barkla Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Elizabeth Barkla Birth Place: Sandhurst, Sandridge, Victoria Registration Year: 1872 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 25972 their mother: Name: Elizabeth Varker Death Place: Victoria Age: 48 Father's Name: Barkla Ralph Mother's Name: Mary Paul Registration Year: 1880 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 5480 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 Ralph BARKLA married Mary PAULL 17 April 1814 in Triro Cornwall. There is a Tree on Ancestry that says Ralph was botn 1771 however I have found a death in 1784 for that fellow..so there are a couple of other possibilities...you can search for yourself and see what you think ...( my money is on Stephen and Mary Barkla as his parents and born 1789) ...: https://familysearch.org/ you will also find baptisms etc for some of the families there. this looks like Elizabeth BARKLA in 1841 & 1851 ( orphans by 1841: BARKLA, Martha F 23 1818 Cornwall BARKLA, Stephen M 16 1825 Cornwall BARKLA, John M 14 1827 Cornwall BARKLA, Elizabeth F 10 1831 Cornwall BARKLA, Jane F 7 1834 Cornwall Address: Barkla Shop, St Agnes County: Cornwall 1851 BARKLA, Martha Head Unmarried F 34 1817 House Keeper St Agnes, Cornwall BARKLA, Stephen Brother Unmarried M 26 1825 Tin Miner St Agnes, Cornwall BARKLA, John Son Unmarried M 24 1827 Tin Miner St Agnes, Cornwall BARKLA, Elizabeth Sister Unmarried F 21 1830 Assistant St Agnes, Cornwall BARKLA, James Brother Unmarried M 17 1834 Tin Miner St Agnes, Cornwall Registration District: Truro Civil Parish: St Agnes Municipal Borough:Address: 17, Barkla Shop, St Agnes County: Cornwall arrival: Name: Elizth Barkla Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 Age: 25 Arrival Date: 5 Dec 1857 Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia Departure Port: Bristol Ship: Morning Star Nationality: English first marriage for R VARKER: Name: Eliza Jane Wallis Spouse Name: Robert Varker Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1882 Registration Number: 470 the, a second marriage: Name: Robert Varker Spouse Name: Caroline Whilhelmine Pabst Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1886 Registration Number: 4975 Name: Robert Chas Mm Varker Father's Name: Robert Varker Mother's Name: Minnie Parst Birth Place: Sandhurst, Sandridge, Victoria Registration Year: 1887 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 23497 Name: Robert John Varker Death Place: Bendigo, Victoria Age: 76 Father's Name: Robert Mother's Name: Wilhemina Mary Pabst Registration Year: 1959 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 24866 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883 ...Elizabeth BARKLA's brothers marriage: Name: Stephen Barkla Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1826 Age: 31 Father's Name: Ralph Barkla Spouse's Name: Elisabeth Hummill Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse's Father's Name: James Hummill Marriage Date: 22 Aug 1857 Marriage Place: Newlyn (near St Columb-Major), Cornwall, England Some of the Trees on Ancestry need to be treated with caution - eg I found one with Elizabeth Barkla's mother dying in Glamorgan 1851 - but I really doubt that you can play around here if interested: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl also here: http://prov.vic.gov.au/research eg - there are 14 BARKLA Wills online - could be of interest to you ( no VARKER Wills though) and don't forget the newspapers - need imgaination sometimes due to the way the data has been captured: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y Name: Carolena Varker Death Place: Bendigo, Victoria Age: 70 Father's Name: Wm Pabst Mother's Name: Carolena Hot Registration Year: 1929 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 8240 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 she is also in the Electoral rolls There is a lot more info available - googling also brings up info. There are 23 VARKER BDM's on the VicCD's ( to 1888 )- can send you offline if interested hope this helps a bit Jocelyn Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.