Wendy I was looking on the Familysearch IGI on internet searching Thomas & William BARKER and only success in Oxford was William Barker, christened 20 Oct 1771, Cuddesdon, Oxford, England: Parents: Thomas BARKER & Elizabeth. My William married an Emily ARCHER (in Australia) and children were named: Elizabeth, Emily, William, Valentine, James(dec'd), Elizabeth (dec'd) and Margaret (dec'd) I suppose there was no New Town near Cuddesdon ? Doug McLean (Tas) ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas McLean <ttenis@netspace.net.au> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [WSX] Re: BARKER > Wendy > > Yes, the 1841 Census in Culham............William BARKER b.c1833, Father: > Thomas. Mother: Lucy (Burke). William was in Australia by 1851. > > Does anyone have access to 1841 Census in Culham ? I suspect you may and > the assistance is greatly appreciated. I only started on Family history 3 > weeks ago and still learning the ropes. > > I suspect the "Paul" below is the kind person that advised me to lookup: > > "There are 3 places named New Town in Oxfordshire check the following Old > Maps site > http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.htm" > > > Thanks > > Doug McLean (Tasmania) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wendy Archer <wharcher@cvd.co.uk> > To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: [WSX] Re: BARKER > > > > Paul - > > > > > There is also a part of Henley-on-Thames known as Newtown. But I haven't > a > > > clue if that would have been known as Newtown 150 years ago ! > > > > I had considered Newtown, but looking at its position in Henley with > > relation to the station, and trying to remember the type of housing there, > I > > reckoned it had developed in the latter part of the 1800s. I haven't > > succeeded in getting Henley on www.old-maps.co.uk . > > > > I've now tried searching the 1881 census for Oxfordshire using the search > > capabilities of the version 3 viewer. That does show dwellings described > as > > at Newtown, Rotherfield Greys - and looking at where some of the > inhabitants > > of those houses lived in 1851 on the OFHS 1851 census (yes, we've indexed > > that too - for searches see www.ofhs.org.uk ) I see Newtown does exist > there > > then. > > > > Back to BARKERs - you know, Paul, we might be getting somewhere here ! > > There *are* BARKERs in Henley in the 1851 census - just one family, but > > William would have been 18, which fits... > > > > Full 1851 Census Index > > Search made on 28 March 2001 from Index dated 02/01/2000 > > A project funded by the Oxfordshire Family History Society > > > > Folio 154 HO 107/1725 Henley 3 > > 16, , BARKER, Elizabeth R, HD, w 40, Gentlewoman & Fundholder, SFK > > Hollesley > > , , , Charles B, SO, u 16, Scholar, BRK Culham > > , , , Arthur J, SO, u 15, Scholar, BRK Culham > > , , , George F, SO, 13, Scholar, BRK Culham > > , , , Elizabeth M, DA, 10, Scholar, OXF Henley > > , , , Fanny, DA, 1, , OXF Henley > > > > Two snags, though. The elder children were born in Berkshire, not > > Oxfordshire, but maybe William thought in terms of Henley, if we go with > > this hypothesis for a while, but worse, Douglas has just told me off-list > > that William's parents were Thomas Barker and mother Lucy Burke. > > > > Concentrating on the children - if I looked at Culham baptisms, > > hopefully/maybe (got to be optimistic) I'd find, working back, George, > > Arthur, Charles, and then William. Culham is even on the database > already. > > Well, there are *no* BARKER baptisms in Culham. They may have been *born* > > there, but they weren't *baptized* there. Back in Suffolk, maybe? > > > > If you think this family is worth pursuing, Douglas, the next step might > be > > the 1841 census of Culham. > > -- > > Wendy Archer > > Marlow (further down the Thames from Henley), Bucks, UK > > wharcher@cvd.co.uk > > > > > > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from list send the command "unsubscribe" to: > > WESSEX-PLUS-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > > WESSEX-PLUS-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Useful introduction to UK genealogy > http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > http://www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/Ri2118.htm >

Doug - > I was looking on the Familysearch IGI on internet searching Thomas & William > BARKER and only success in Oxford was William Barker, christened 20 Oct > 1771, Cuddesdon, Oxford, England: Parents: Thomas BARKER & Elizabeth. Not much of Oxfordshire is on the IGI, so searching what *is* there gives a distorted view of the county's surname distribution. But yes, most BARKERs occur in & around Cuddesdon and no, I couldn't find you a Newtown thereabouts. -- Wendy Archer Marlow, Bucks, UK wharcher@cvd.co.uk