I have the following information on John Barker (of Stansfield Hall) if it's of any use. I have an interest in him because he used to live in our house, but I'm particularly interest in the Wrigleys of Walsden if any one has any info. There is a picture of John Barker in the Todmorden Album. Regards Andrea Individual Detail Subject* __ ___ ____ John Barker (195) Name-Var: __ ___ 1896 Councillor Name-Var: __ ___ 1896 C.C. Name-Var: aft __ ___ 1899? JP __________________________________________________________________________ Father* Luke Barker (194) (b. 26 Sep 1843, d. 15 Jul 1896) Mother* Sarah A Barker (278) (b. 1835, ) __________________________________________________________________________ Note* __ ___ ____ A cotton manufacturer and a church official, John had a distinguished background and had had the privilege of singing in the choirs at two Coronations - those of Edward V11 i n 1902 and George V in 1911. Birth* __ ___ 1864 Walsden, Lancashire. Note: __ ___ 1872 joined the Todmorden Parish Church Choir. Cen_Occ* 03 Apr 1881 Mechanic. Cen-Enum* 03 Apr 1881 Victoria Road (House) (419) ; Claremont Villas, Victoria Road, Stansfield, Todmorden, Yorkshire; Son. Occupation* __ Jun 1890 Luke Barker & Sons (Business) (420) (b. Jun 1890); Partner and Mechanic. Note: 30 Oct 1896 Town Hall, Todmorden, Lancashire; A mass meeting of the Liberals of the Central Ward was held at the Town Hall, with but a moderate attendance. Mr Omerod, J.P. presided, supported by Alderman Caleb Hoyle, Councillor John Barker, J.P., Messrs. Sugden Sutcliffe, F.R.G.S., W. Jackson, T. West, John Dawson, Barker Clegg, J.S. Widdup, E. Wood, R. Gibson, Josh. Helliwell, A. Newell, Rev. E. Parry, B.A., and Rev. G. Rice. Several lengthy speeches were made, that of Mr J. Barker, C.C., J.P. being most noticeable. Anecdote* 28 Nov 1899 A grand concert, promoted by the Parish Church Choir, took place in the Town Hall, which was well filled. The chief attraction was a "Mustel" organ, the property of Mr. John Barker, of Stansfield Hall, Mr. James Munroe Coward, of London, being engaged to play the organ. Note: Mustel organ :- keyboard instrument of the American organ type, invented by V. Mustel (1815-90). Anecdote: __ ___ 1902 Sang in the choir at the Coronation of Edward VII. Residence* 1906 to 1914 Home; Stansfield Hall (House) (369) ; "Stansfield Hall", Todmorden, Yorkshire; John Barker continued to live at Stansfield Hall after his fathers death in 1896, until 1914 when it was divided into four separate residences. Anecdote: __ ___ 1911 Sang in the choir at the Coronation of George V. Residence* __ ___ 1922 Home; Thornhill (House) (304) (b. circa 1886); "Thornhill", Todmorden, Lancashire; John lived at Thornhill during 1922, although it is not known for how long (possibly since 1914?). __________________________________________________________________________ Reference= (Deceased) Children=0 SEX=M LIVING=N BIRTHORDER=1 CENSUS1881=Y ---------- From: Ernest Wood[SMTP:drewood@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 25 April 2002 15:59 To: ENG-TODMORDEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-TOD] BARKER families of Todmorden and Walsden Sandy, My James FIELDEN (1842-after 1911) marr. Elizabeth BARKER (18 May 1863) at Cross Stone Church when she was living in Back Brook Street, Todmorden. She was born in 1841 (I am still considering whether to get the Cert.). Her father was William BARKER (a Carter). Their child Emily marr. Arthur Charles ROBERTS and their daughter Martha Ellen married my grandchildren's other g.father.So that is as far as I have been able to go with the BARKER line. The Book I referred to mentions the BARKER name. I think the first mention is to Mr. John BARKER, a Church warden, of Stansfield Hall who contributed to the writing of the book in 1911 and served the church of St.Mary's for many years in many capacities.There was also a John BARKER of Wellington Road (an active church worker for 50 years!). This same John B. may have also acted as caretaker. Another possible link to your family was the reference to the death of Joseph BARKER of Saundersclough Farm, who was a member of the Order of Oddfellows. I am still working my way through the text -more of a grind than a pleasant read. I also extracted a few BARKER families from the 1881 Census. There may be some in the Lancs. 1891 Census which I received last week. Unfortunately in 1891Todmorden was then in Yorkshire but I have found a few Todmorden names in Littleborough, another town in Lancs. but near to Todmorden. The 1881 Census BARKERs for Todmorden included a BARKER family, as a possible connection to my line,was living at 5 Little Holme Street, and comprised William (58) his wife Susan (57) and three adult children Martha A.(35) James (28) and Howorth? (21). All the children were Cotton Weavers and the father was a Draper's Shopman. If you do not have the 1881 Census I will do a look-up for you and if I find more ref. to BARKERs in the "Book" I'll let you know. Cheers, Ernest ----- Original Message ----- From: <GBHlnMT1@aol.com> To: <ENG-TODMORDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:58 PM ==== ENG-TODMORDEN Mailing List ==== Have you used Tree Tops? The Free FAMILY TREE & WE'LL MEET AGAIN SERVICE http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237