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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Looking for Barker Joseph BENSON, born Whitby 1815?
« on: Monday 27 April 20 23:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi Family,

Angela I'd love to read or buy copies of your books.

Are you on Ancestry.com?

Cheers,
Simone

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Looking for Barker Joseph BENSON, born Whitby 1815?
« on: Thursday 23 April 20 03:15 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much! I look for it now.

I am a decedent from Barker's son Willis. Any information I can share please let me know.

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Looking for Barker Joseph BENSON, born Whitby 1815?
« on: Wednesday 22 April 20 07:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I am hoping Majm will see this post.

What was the name of the book of photos you were referring to?

I was prompted to again provide the information about that book simply because the discussion on this thread was making mention of photographs and of facial features.  The photos in the book clearly show each person’s facial features.  The book is available in various public libraries, including the National Library of Australia.

I am a descendant of Barker via Willis Allatson.

Cheers,
Simone

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Australia / Re: Doctor BENSON or Quack?
« on: Friday 20 April 12 07:25 BST (UK)  »
Barkrels you are officially blowing my mind.. just when I think the story can't get any better it so does....

My earlier comments about Barker & Hannah's early movement Isle of Pines etc is me trying to create a mental time line of his movements. I got the Isle of Pine dates from klynch2 possibly vis Bruce Beresford so It bugs me not to be able to talk with them now to check their facts. However google has shown Mr & Mrs Benson aboard the "whitby" as passengers on a colliery trip. Which fits seeing that Barker's trip to Bombay was on a colliery vessel and the family and their associates were in coal..... every answer seems to wield 10 more questions LOL...

Barkrels where did you find all the amazing info on Thomas Benson and his donations? online I hope...

I am obsessed if you noticed hehhe at the moment with Barker.

Our line descended from Barker's son are all interesting strong women who are free thinkers, artists, photographers, entrepreneurs and travellers. We still have ship captains among us and an Aunt and my mother that spends their life on the high seas so we feel very close to our relies. We've done our share I think of keeping up the family legacy ....

I propose a family meetup Jm included as an honorary Benson... :) I am in Kellyville (Castle Hill) and will travel pretty much anywhere in NSW in the pursuit of a good story. My email is (*)

PS I have left a phone message for Klynch2 who I can only assume by her previous helpfulness is on holidays. Lester Benson I will call in on tomorrow (JM he is the Carcoar descendant) as he used to be only 5 mins from me. Fingers cross he's still there....

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Australia / Re: Doctor BENSON or Quack?
« on: Friday 20 April 12 04:19 BST (UK)  »
Barkrels,

Thank you so much. The attachment on th email hasn't opened but I will try on my office computer later.

I have a few questions for the fact hunters... dates that seem to not add up:

Firstly, in one of Barker's journals around 1834-1835ish he mentions he was a lawyer, he was with a law firm for 4 years and disliked the profession. So Angela maybe this is the link to who paid his fine in the Apple incident. P.S the apples just make me love him more... not the first person to wake up tipsy with carzy head appreal!!!

-Barker & Hannah arrived in New Zealand 18/6/1841 and got married.
-Arrived in Sydney (married) aboard Harrington 13/9/1841.
-Barker and Hananh are listed as passengers aboard the Whitby (a coal ship) leaving Port Nicholson (Wellington???? Again ????) 6/1/1842 and then on to the Isle of Pines 17/4/1842. The 'Whitby' was a chapman owned ship sailing out of Wellington Port.
-THEN..... 30/5/1842 BJ Benson and A Parkinson were placed under sequestation.

If Barker was in the Isle of Pines April 1842 when did he find time to have a business in Gosford?? No wonder he went bankrupt.

So Barker and Hannah arrived in Sydney went to gosford.. started a business.. and only 4 months after arriving sailed off again to NZ/Isle of Pines... then got back to Sydney to be bankrupt 1 month later!!!!!

Does any one know of Barker's diary from the England to New Zealand... there must be one he wrote journals on every other voyage.....

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Australia / Re: Doctor BENSON or Quack?
« on: Thursday 19 April 12 06:40 BST (UK)  »
My focus of research is Qualitative research into Barker's and my family history based on personal interest in his and his families character. Facts must be accurate if they are to be used and JM I think keeps us on track here.

My focus is on learning about Barker's character and personality where possible. For me this is where the story is. Facts give us the locations his life took place but personal diaries and family stories are what interest me.

To Carcoar or not to Carcoar... who knows, maybe we never will. If the descendants of the son born in Carcoar believe and are ok with the Carcoar story then that suits me just fine. Life at this time was one of 'introduction' so as Barkrelsonthepoint points out other broader connections such as friend of General Robson Benson, or as I've have been wondering..Where is Hannah's sponsor Mrs Lancaster.. is there a Lancaster in Carcoar???? may just turn out that we need to look and think more laterally to solve the Carcoar mystery.

Apothecaries were often schooled by apprenticeship to a doctor or licensed apothecary. Records were not always kept. Not the ideally scenario but we could all be looking for something that doesn't exist.

I was given the address in London of the place Barker worked as an apothecary as being:

29 Spencer st Goswell.

Goswell, if you google it, is not a suburb. So it either used to be or relates to the fact that Spencer st crosses Goswell Rd. Either way no google search returns any concrete proof of this address.




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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Looking for Barker Joseph BENSON, born Whitby 1815?
« on: Thursday 19 April 12 03:55 BST (UK)  »
This is just an aside note and may amount to anything. but I noticed the Hannah was sponsored by her aunt Mrs Lancaster when she came to Australia. From what I understand Hannah's family didn't arrive in Sydney till maybe 5 years after her. But I noticed that he Aunt Mary Vandervord married Charles Lancaster? Could this be the mysterious sponsor? I can't find anything on Aunt Mary but maybe she is the missing link that could explain Barker and Hannah's early movements?

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Australia / Re: Doctor BENSON or Quack?
« on: Thursday 12 April 12 08:11 BST (UK)  »
Just read my notes from Lester and I correct myself.. the family moved to NW NSW.

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Australia / Re: Doctor BENSON or Quack?
« on: Thursday 12 April 12 07:50 BST (UK)  »
No that's ok.... I met his direct descendant Lester Benson (not sure if he's still around he was quite old)

If you PM me your email I can send you all of the Carcoar details. The family stayed in the area. Lester Benson has given me copies of newspaper articles and other copies of documents from Thomas Benson.


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