Eliza
Litchfield, 2nd child of Godfrey and Lucy
1815 Birth: John James Barker, Eliza’s
future husband. According to family records he was baptized on 30 May, 1815 in
Nottinghamshire. Find the marriage or
death records to look for clues as to his exact birth location so the search
can be narrowed down.
1817 Birth: Eliza was baptized on 9 Nov 1817.
The family was living in Belper and her father Godfrey was working as a
laborer.[1]
1841 Marriage: Elizabeth Litchfield
married John James Barker on 12 Jan
1841 in Duffield, Derbyshire, England. John’s occupation is listed as a
carpenter.[2]
1841 Census: Eliza
Litchfield Barker (25) is living in Lenton, Nottinghamshire with her
husband John Barker (26) and her
in-laws Joseph and Mary Barker. John is
working as a joiner.[3]
1851 Census: Eliza Litchfield Barker (34) is living in Belper, Derbyshire
with husband John Barker (35) and four children, Harriett Barker (9), William Barker (5), John Barker (2) and Joseph Barker (3 months). Sarah Hawkins (13), a house servant, is also
living with them. John’s occupation is
Inn Keeper. They are living on Market Place
at the Angel Inn.[4]
1861 Census: Eliza
Litchfield Barker is
living with John Barker, sons Patrick Barker (12), Godfrey
Barker (10) and daughter Hannah
Barker (3). They are living on
Market Place in Belper and John’s occupation is Victualler.[5]
1864 Death: Eliza Litchfield Barker died late in 1864. She was
buried on 16 Nov 1864 at St. Peter’s Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England.[6]
1871 Census: John Barker
(55) is living with daughter Hannah Barker (14) on Market Place in Belper. His occupation is Publican.[7]
Recommendations:
·
Search for christening records for the children of Eliza and John Barker. According to the census records, there
appears to be two families with parents of the name of John and Eliza Barker in
Heage during the 1851-1871. I found a
record for a Patrick Barker but my records indicate Isaac Patrick is their
son’s name. Just seven years later, the
couple had another son named Patrick so perhaps Isaac Patrick died or only went
by Isaac? My records indicate a son
named Godfrey. I found a baptisms record
for a Joseph Godfrey in the same year whose parents are John and Eliza
Barker. I wonder if this is the same
person. There is a possibility I might
be able to order birth certificates for Isaac Patrick and Annie, assuming I
have found the correct family. There is
a record for a Hannah Eliza born in 1858 whose parents are John and Eliza
Barker. This could be the right
family. I need to look at 2080800 item
9-13 to locate that record in volume 4 on Page 144.[8] Hopefully, I will be able to find the family
listed on this film and straighten out which child belongs to which family or
maybe there is just one family with more children than I am aware of.
·
John
James Barker, spouse of Eliza Litchfield.
I found a burial record for a John Barker in Belper in 1900, dying
at the age of 70.[9] This age is off a little bit since he is in
the 1901 Census. I have him possibly
born in 1813 and christened in 1815.
·
Annie
Barker, daughter of Eliza I found two death records for an Annie Barker in
Belper, March 1850[10]
and June 1861.[11] If 1850 is the correct one, Annie would have
been about 6 years old. If the 1861 date
is right, she would have died at about the age of 17. I need to order these
death records to see if they shed any light on the family.
·
Children
of Eliza Litchfield and John James Barker. I have been unable to locate any information
in the marriage indexes at FamilySearch, new.familysearch, findmypast and
freeBMD for the children of Eliza and John.
I also researched FHL film# 2080805 marriage indexes in Belper chapelry
(St Peter).[12] No Barker’s were found with the exception of
Annie Eliza Barker age 24, Spinster from Brookside, Belper with no father
listed. This marriage does not match
very well since the Annie we are looking for would have been 48 years old not
24 at the time of this marriage.
According to the Census records of 1851, 1861, 1871 the family was
living in Belper, always on Angel Street.
The children listed on the 1851 census fit according to age but not
according to name. I wonder if
“Harriette” (1851) is “Annie”(1861) , if “William”(1851) is “Patrick”(1861) and if “Joseph”(1851) is
“Godfrey”(1861). I will need to search for all of the above names. FHL film # 2080803[13]
contains the Parish marriage register for Belper. I need to do a thorough search of this
register to see if I can find any Barker marriages.
[1] Church of England, Chapelry of
Belper (Derbyshire), Bishops Transcripts Christening Records, Derby Book 1817,
p 10, FHL British microfilm 497,383, item 1,
Doc# Eliza 8
[2] Church of England, Parish Church of
Duffield (Derbyshire). Derbyshire Record
Office, Matlock, FHL microfilm #1,041,431
Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Doc#
Eliza 7
[3] 1841 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey,
England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO),
1841. Class: HO107; Piece: 860; Book: 11; Civil
Parish: Radford; County: Nottinghamshire; Enumeration
District: 7; Folio: 5; Page: 2; Line: 16; GSU
roll: 438906. Doc# Eliza 16
[4] 1851 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original
data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England:
The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851.
Class: HO107; Piece: 2144; Folio: 571; Page: 15; GSU
roll: 87775. Doc# Eliza 17
[5] 1861 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original
data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England:
The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861.
Class: RG 9; Piece: 2509; Folio: 72; Page: 6; GSU
roll: 542981. Doc# Eliza 19
[6] Eliza Barker burial
record, Church of England, Chapelry of Heage, (Derbyshire, England), Burial
Register 1864, Derbyshire County Record Office, Matlock, (FHL film #
2080805) Doc. #
Eliza 18
[7] 1871 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original
data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England:
The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871.
Class: RG10; Piece: 3584; Folio: 16; Page: 3; GSU
roll: 839773. Doc # Eliza 20
[8] Church of England, Chapelry of
Belper (Derbyshire), Baptism Register,
FHL British microfilm 20808800
[10] Annie Barker, Burial Index, England
and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, London, England: General Register office,
1850, Belper, Vol 19, page 329, Freebmd.org.uk
[11] Annie Barker, Burial Index, England
and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, London, England: General Register office,
1861, Belper, Vol 7b, page 306, Freebmd.org.uk
[12] Church of England, Chapelry of
Belper (Derbyshire), County Record Office at Matlock, Derbyshire, Index to
marriages, 1847-1911 FHL microfilm
#2,080,805
[13] Church of England, Chapelry of
Belper (Derbyshire), County Record Office at Matlock, Derbyshire, marriages,
1847-1908, FHL microfilm #2,080,803
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