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Title: Roderick Barker
Post by: Mac11767 on Saturday 31 January 15 21:44 GMT (UK)
Roderick Barker is my gr/gr/grandfather and was born in Wiklow.  He went to South Africa apparently at the age of 16 and fought is the then called "kaffir" wars.  He went as a military person and was apparently decorated.  I found some evidence that he was born in Wiklow (thats all I have), and he died in Kimberley in 1910.  I have 2 independent pieces of information corroborating birth of approx 1825.  He was referenced in a 1917 book called ""Romance and reality of the Vaal diamond diggings""
He seemed to settle in Barkly West, Cape Province and was a Diamond Digger.
He had 14 children.  I know of , Gertrude my Gr Grandmother) (born 1862) and Patrick (b 1960) and have a few other names I am working on too.
Does anyone have any further information on the Barker family in Wiklow, or of a baptism of Roderick? 
Thanks
Steven ::)
Title: Re: Roderick Barker
Post by: fastfusion on Saturday 31 January 15 22:27 GMT (UK)
To save confusion this topic is also being requested on topic>

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=711739.0;topicseen
Title: Re: Roderick Barker
Post by: dathai on Sunday 01 February 15 09:20 GMT (UK)
A relative ?
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN/2011-09/1315666426
Title: Re: Roderick Barker
Post by: Mac11767 on Sunday 01 February 15 14:09 GMT (UK)
Tks Dathai.  Certainly all the facts line up!
Title: Re: Roderick Barker
Post by: tbark6487 on Friday 13 February 15 19:16 GMT (UK)
Hi Stephen
I have Roderick barker b. Circa 1826 in my family to. He indeed married a Julia clery as sited in romance and reality, by Thomas Laurent terpend and g.beet. The child I have of his thats in my family line is a Micheal Barker b.circa 1876, d.1934, he married an Ellen weirnich, b. 1868, d1941, they had 8 children, Patrick barker, Maurice john barker, jerry barker, Eleanor barker, oona Dixie barker, Patricia barker, and Nora barker, and basil Stephen barker (b. 1901, d.1933) who married Johanna Helena liebenberg (b.1900) and they had two children, Valerie barker, and basil Stephen barker (b.1931, d.2004), he married phylis Margaret Campbell and had my dad, Micheal barker. I have a few pieces to do with Roderick. Would love to hear from you.

Trish Barker
Title: Re: Roderick Barker
Post by: Littlenicky on Monday 31 July 17 13:02 BST (UK)
Roderick Barker is my grgr grandfather his daughter is my Nora is my gr grandmother,her daughter Ealanor Matilda is my grandmother.