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Firstly, I hope I am posting this is the right spot.. apologies if I am not.
The baptism of my g-g-grandfather, Major BARKER, is registered in the Muston Parish register on 6th September 1829. His mother is listed as Margaret BARKER.
I am wondering whether anyone has access to this register and can tell me whether any other family events are registered or noted e.g baptisms of other children. marriages or deaths recorded. All I know of Major's parents is that his mother was Margaret BARKER. I have no information at all on his father or other family members.
By 1841 Major was in the Scarborough Workhouse but I am unable to find any family with him.
Any information at all would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Hello RipleyAnne
I would say if only his mother's name is listed on the baptism record, then she was not married when she baptised him. Have you looked at the parish record? Because sometimes the reputed father's name is sometimes listed. I have come across this. Maybe his mother had died and that is why he is in the work house.
Cheers
Anne
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Thank you for the help but the problem is that I live in Australia so am pretty much limited to what I can access on-line.
Do you know if there is some way I could look at this information on-line or have someone look at it for me?
Thanks
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Are you living near a family history center? As you can order the film in there and then you can look at the parish records your self. Not sure what it would cost there to bring in a film there but here in Canada it is about $6. If you go on the familysearch.org site you can find a list of family history centers near you.
Cheers
Anne
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Thanks Anne,
I will look into this.
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I am currently transcribing two volumes of Scarborough Workhouse records and I believe the first volume will cover 1841. I will have a quick look through when I go on Thursday to see if I can see anyone by the name of Barker who was admited around that time.
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Thank-you. I appreciate this.
Sandra
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The IGI also has the following baptisms of Barkers in Muston:
Mary Barker 22 Sep 1778 d/o Mary Barker
Robert Barker 10 Jun 1781 s/o Mary Barker
Mary Ann Barker 7 Jan 1833 d/o John & Mary Barker
Margaret Ann Barker 19 Jan 1873 d/o Ellen Barker.
Major is a reasonably unusual forename (although I have one - in W Yorks!) so may be connected to the father. I doubt that the PR entry will give any info about the father but I'll take a look tomorrow when I go to the Record Office. It's always possible that she was a widow!
Jill
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Hi again,
As I thought, the entry in the Muston parish records doesn't give much more information -
baptised Sep 6 1829 Majer, son of Margret Barker, spinster.
At least you know she was single - not widowed!
Hopefully AMCass will come up with something from the Scarborough Workhouse records.
Jill
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Hi
I Found this on the Web It maybe yours dates around 1810-30 ish
Yesterday's Journey's by Michael Spencer
M82 Justices Order for relief of Ann WOOD for maintenance of her illegitimate child. .... B1 Margaret BARKER of Briarley, Yks male born at the house of Richard LATHAM .... HOPE
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/BastardyE-H.htm
Goodluck
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Thank-you to everyone for your help.
AMCass was able to find Major in the Scarborough workhouse records... having entered as an "emergency", stayed approx 3 years and left at the age of approx 12 when he had found employment. A big thank-you AMCass!
There seems to have been a family with the surname of Major in the Muston area but, although it could be likely that one of the males in this family is Major's father, it is all pure speculation. Unfortunately, apart from the Parish records that I have looked at (in which no father is listed) I have been unable to find out any more about his parentage. It may be one of those things I never uncover but I would like to say thank-you for helping me.
Sandra
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I was transcribing more workhouse records this week and got to the date that Major Barker was admitted and I found on the next page, another entry for him. I hadn't noticed it because it had been crossed out and was not easily readable. I suspect that someone thought that he hadn't been registered and then found out their mistake. However it does have an additional piece of information. Under the heading 'Cause of seeking relief', it says "Mother cannot keep him". This probably means that she was financially unable to support herself and her child, there was quite a lot of this happening at the time. Hope this helps to fill in a bit more background for you.
AMCass
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Thanks AMCass. How sad. I wonder what became of his mother... I haven't been able to find her anywhere. I had thought that she either married or died around this time. I will now go back and look again in the knowledge that she was at least still alive then.
Thank-you.
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Hi, it's me again. I don't know if this is relevant to your reasearch but as you know I am transcribing workhouse records and while doing the discharges last week I came across the following:
Mary Barker from Muston died 22nd June 1843.
I immediately thought of you and when I got home I looked for her name in the admissions but I cannot find it. I can only assume that either the entries are not complete, that a few people were missed off or maybe she came in on the 22nd June and her admissions was missed. We will never know.
ACass
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Thank-you. You are a treasure. I will now look and see if I can find any further records relating to her death.
Thanks for thinking of me!