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.) >

Doug - > 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've asked the OFHS project coordinator, but I should perhaps have explained that the LDS (Latter-day Saints - the Mormons) have centres worldwide where you can use their family history resources, and also order in films of many parish records, and also of censuses. So if the relevant part of the 1841 census is unindexed, and needs searching, this is not as impossible as you might think within Tasmania! -- Wendy Archer Marlow, Bucks, UK wharcher@cvd.co.uk