Thanks all for your help and suggestions. Jay, I didnt know about the train wrecks; what an awful homecoming for those poor boys after all they d been through. Has anyone written about them? I did wonder if he had been wounded and finally died at home or en route. Anyone know how I could check the battles of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1918? Shirley, as all the other evidence points to Charles Benjamin, including his attestion card naming his grandmother Sarah as next of kin, I think the War Memorial is in error. He was the son of Judson and isobella Barker. There are a number of sources for this. Thank you for double checking. I will try to get the obits next trip to Fredericton. I live in NS so its a long way to PANB. Beverley On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:01 PM, S. Olfert <[email protected]> wrote: > One other thing... his burial is shown on the New Brunswick Archives site > under "Cemeteries" but his > death year has been inaccurately transcribed as 1916. > > Charles B. BARKER (Cpl) > > > http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NBCemeteries/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=26072 > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:58 PM, S. Olfert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Beverley, > > > > The War Memorial online shows a Charles BARKER d. 13 Mar 1918; s/o > Charles > > William > > BARKER. Could this be him?? It shows his birth place as North Devon, > York > > Co., age > > 26 - right age, same place of birth as on his Attestation papers and that > > he was buried > > in the Nashwaaksis Douglas Rural Cemetery. > > > > > > > http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=2755847 > > > > It shows that he is on page 363 of the 1st WW Book of Remembrance - a > copy > > of the page is > > on this site. The actual Book is in Ottawa with military guards > attending > > the various Books of > > Remembrance. If this is him (although father's name is different than > > what you are showing), then > > you can email to the address shown on "to order a copy of this page..." > > and they will tell you > > which day of the year page 363 is turned and you can be there at that > time. > > > > Shirley > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Beverley Clarkson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> I am tracing down the family of *John S Barker* ( 1831-1912) and my > great > >> great aunt,*Sarah Love Barker* (1840-1937) and their grandson *Charles > >> Benjamin Barker* who was killed in WWI in 1918, less than 2 months after > >> joining up. His parents were *Judson Barker*( 1861-1925) and *Isobella > >> Bain*(1867-1918) who died three weeks after her son. i recall my > >> grandmother > >> telling me some 50 years ago that there was a tragic story there and I m > >> wondering if anyone can tell me. I ll be thinking of him on Nov 11 as it > >> seems noone else is likely to. But perhaps there were others in the > family > >> or someone might know where he was taken down. > >> > >> I ve done PANB, Veterans Affairs and Ancestry so am hoping someone has > >> more > >> personal infomration. > >> -- > >> Beverley Clarkson > >> Sambro Head, Nova Scotia > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> List Announcements can be found at > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Beverley Clarkson Sambro Head, Nova Scotia
Hi Beverley, The War Memorial showing his father as Charles William may have been submitted by a family member. My GrUncle is also on this site with no information on parents so I was able send in their information as well as his marriage which was then added to the site. You will probably be able to contact them and correct the error. Charles B. is with his Grandparents on the 1901 & 1911 censuses. www.automatedgenealogy.com Since you have exact dates, I would contact the nearest local library to where they had been living. They may be able to send you the obits or you could try going on the boards to see if someone would be kind enough to retrieve them for you. As well, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness is a great website. It' currently showing that there is someone who goes to the NB Archives and will copy Vital Records. http://www.raogk.com/newbrunswick.htm He helped me a while back. Good luck! Shirley On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Beverley Clarkson <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks all for your help and suggestions. Jay, I didnt know about the train > wrecks; what an awful homecoming for those poor boys after all they d been > through. Has anyone written about them? I did wonder if he had been > wounded and finally died at home or en route. Anyone know how I could check > the battles of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1918? > > Shirley, as all the other evidence points to Charles Benjamin, including > his > attestion card naming his grandmother Sarah as next of kin, I think the War > Memorial is in error. He was the son of Judson and isobella Barker. There > are a number of sources for this. Thank you for double checking. > > I will try to get the obits next trip to Fredericton. I live in NS so its a > long way to PANB. > > Beverley > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:01 PM, S. Olfert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > One other thing... his burial is shown on the New Brunswick Archives site > > under "Cemeteries" but his > > death year has been inaccurately transcribed as 1916. > > > > Charles B. BARKER (Cpl) > > > > > > > http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NBCemeteries/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=26072 > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:58 PM, S. Olfert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Beverley, > > > > > > The War Memorial online shows a Charles BARKER d. 13 Mar 1918; s/o > > Charles > > > William > > > BARKER. Could this be him?? It shows his birth place as North Devon, > > York > > > Co., age > > > 26 - right age, same place of birth as on his Attestation papers and > that > > > he was buried > > > in the Nashwaaksis Douglas Rural Cemetery. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=2755847 > > > > > > It shows that he is on page 363 of the 1st WW Book of Remembrance - a > > copy > > > of the page is > > > on this site. The actual Book is in Ottawa with military guards > > attending > > > the various Books of > > > Remembrance. If this is him (although father's name is different than > > > what you are showing), then > > > you can email to the address shown on "to order a copy of this page..." > > > and they will tell you > > > which day of the year page 363 is turned and you can be there at that > > time. > > > > > > Shirley > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Beverley Clarkson < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> I am tracing down the family of *John S Barker* ( 1831-1912) and my > > great > > >> great aunt,*Sarah Love Barker* (1840-1937) and their grandson *Charles > > >> Benjamin Barker* who was killed in WWI in 1918, less than 2 months > after > > >> joining up. His parents were *Judson Barker*( 1861-1925) and *Isobella > > >> Bain*(1867-1918) who died three weeks after her son. i recall my > > >> grandmother > > >> telling me some 50 years ago that there was a tragic story there and I > m > > >> wondering if anyone can tell me. I ll be thinking of him on Nov 11 as > it > > >> seems noone else is likely to. But perhaps there were others in the > > family > > >> or someone might know where he was taken down. > > >> > > >> I ve done PANB, Veterans Affairs and Ancestry so am hoping someone has > > >> more > > >> personal infomration. > > >> -- > > >> Beverley Clarkson > > >> Sambro Head, Nova Scotia > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >> List Announcements can be found at > > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List Announcements can be found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Beverley Clarkson > Sambro Head, Nova Scotia > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >