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Member Since: July 2018 Posts: 22 Send Message	Nicola	Report	24 Mar 2019 15:17
Member Since: July 2018 Posts: 22 Send Message	Hi I am trying to trace any living relatives for William edward barker dob 28/5/1869. He was a doctor and chief medical officer in the ribble valley clitheroe. He was also mayor of clitheroe. Thanks nic
Member Since: January 2009 Posts: 79 Send Message	Dawn	Report	24 Mar 2019 15:50
Member Since: January 2009 Posts: 79 Send Message	There does not appear to be any children form his marriage. So there will be no living descendants.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,313 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	24 Mar 2019 16:10
	No direct descendants, but maybe living relatives via siblings. William Edward Barker in the 1871 England Census Name: William Edward Barker Age: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Relation: Son Father's name: Henry Barker Mother's name: Hannah Barker Gender: Male Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Colne Ecclesiastical parish: St Batholomew Town: Colne County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Burnley Sub-registration district: Colne ED, institution, or vessel: 25 Household schedule number: 67 Piece: 4157 Folio: 10 Page Number: 14 Household Members: Name Age Henry Barker 46 Hannah Barker 41 William Edward Barker 1 Mary Ann Barker 13 Ethel Eliza Barker 7 Ida Fanny Barker 6 Alice Maud Barker 3 William Edward Barker in the 1881 England Census Name: William Edward Barker Age: 11 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Relationship to Head: Son Father: Henry Barker Mother: Hannah Barker Gender: Male Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Colne County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: 1 Hall Street Occupation: Scholar Registration district: Burnley ED, institution, or vessel: 24 Neighbors: Piece: 4163 Folio: 86 Page Number: 6 Household Members: Name Age Henry Barker 57 Hannah Barker 52 Ida Fanny Barker 16 Alice Maud Barker 14 William Edward Barker 11
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,313 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	24 Mar 2019 16:16
	Sister Alice still unmarried in 1911: Alice M Barker in the 1911 England Census Name: Alice M Barker Age in 1911: 43 Estimated birth year: abt 1868 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Female Birth Place: Aldershot, Hampshire Civil Parish: Bexhill County/Island: Sussex Country: England Street address: Caledonia 15 De La Warr Road Bexhill Marital status: Single Occupation: Private school Mistress Registration district: Battle Registration District Number: 70 Sub-registration district: Bexhill ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Household schedule number: 75 Piece: 4772 Household Members: Name Age Alice M Barker 43 Jean Melvill 8 Honor Northcott 8 Julia Gebbie 24 Alice Wicks 20 Florence Larkins 21 Births Jun 1867 (>99%) Barker Alice Maude Farnham 2a 72 And died unmarried: Alice M Barker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Alice M Barker Death Age: 79 Birth Date: abt 1867 Registration Date: Sep 1946 Registration district: Clitheroe Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 10c Page: 55
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,313 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	24 Mar 2019 16:19
	Ida Fanny was born in India, per censuses. Ida Fanny Barker in the India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947 Name: Ida Fanny Barker Gender: Female Birth Date: 19 Jan 1865 Baptism Date: 4 May 1865 Baptism Age: 0 Baptism Place: Secunderabad, Madras, India Father: Henry Barker Mother: Hannah Reference ID: v 46 p 98 FHL Film Number: 521853 She also died unmarried: Ida F Barker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Ida F Barker Death Age: 88 Birth Date: abt 1865 Registration Date: Jun 1953 Registration district: Clitheroe Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 10c Page: 55 Probate to William Edward Barker, medical practitioner, and Ethel Margaret Saunders, spinster.
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,313 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	24 Mar 2019 16:25
	Ethel Eliza Barker in the India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947 Name: Ethel Eliza Barker Gender: Female Birth Date: 27 Nov 1863 Baptism Date: 13 Jan 1864 Baptism Age: 0 Baptism Place: Bangalore, Madras, India Father: Henry Barker Mother: Hannah Reference ID: v 45 p 3 FHL Film Number: 521853 Also died unmarried: Ethel E Barker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Ethel E Barker Death Age: 63 Birth Date: abt 1864 Registration Date: Sep 1927 Registration district: Burnley Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8e Page: 255 Probate to Ida Fanny and Alice Maude. Well, so much for the hope of finding descendants from siblings!
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2019 18:14
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Related thread asking about other siblings https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1376360

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