Robert Barber (1814)

Harriet Oakes and Robert Barber

Robert Barber(son of William Barber and Elizabeth Moore)

b.	May 1814, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
christened:	20 May, 1814, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
died:	3 April, 1879, Barber Farm, Everton, Eramosa Township, Welland Co., ON, Canada
buried:	Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, ON, Canada

Spouse: Harriet Elizabeth Oakes

b.	1816 Cratfield, Suffolk, England
d.	1881, Guelph, ON, Canada
buried	Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, ON, Canada

Children

• Samuel Barber
  • b. ca 1843, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. bef. 1932, Cleveland, Ohio (?)
• Robert Barber
  • b. 1849 Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. 1933 Guelph, ON, Canada
  • buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, ON, Canada
• Harriet E. Barber
  • b. 18th Sept 1840, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. 7 November 1911, Halifax, NS, Canada
• Emma Barber
  • b. ca 1849, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. Cando, North Dakota, USA
• Mary Barber
  • b. 31 May, 1851, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • baptized: 26 March, 1871, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. North Dakota, USA
  • buried: Cando, North Dakota, USA
• John Barber
  • b. 14 May, 1853, Gerrow Farm, Conc. 1, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. 29 June, 1932 Elm Lane Farm, Guelph Township, ON, Canada
  • buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, ON
• Sophia Barber
  • b. 19 August, 1856, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. Brooklyn, Iowa, USA
• William Barber
  • b. 19 August, 1856, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. 1924, Everton, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
• Hannah Ada Barber
  • b. ca 1861, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. 1881, Guelph, ON
• Victoria Barber
  • b. 24 May, 1863, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
  • d. 21 July, 1948, North Dakota, USA

Robert Barber arrested in Work House riot - Bulcamp (Blything Union), Suffolk See documentation about Robert and Harriet's emigration to Canada

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1851 Census

• Robert Barber farmer born England independent (religion) 38
• Harriet born England do 35
• Harriet 11 Cdn
• Emma 8 Cdn
• Samuel 7 Cdn
• Robert 4 Cdn
• Mary 1 Cdn

Agricultural Census - 1851

• Name Conc. Lot Acres under cultivation crops pasture gardens/orchards wood/wild wht/acres bushels
• Robert Barber Conc 2 Lot 4 87 acres 40 under cultivation (match with above) 15 25 1 47 5 125 - there is an X beside Robt and Harriert: ‘residence if out of limits’
• Charles Willoughby Conc 6 Lot 6 100 acres . . . 10 7 3 90 5 75

A recently found reference indicates that Robert first farmed (owned?) the Ford Farm, on Paisley Road in Guelph Township. It is possible (even probable) that the children older than John Barber were born on this farm, whereas John Barber was born on the Gerrow Farm, near the 'new farm' in Eramosa Township, Wellington County, on Concession 2 Lot 4 (SE quarter). Robert farmed there for a number of years before moving to farm on Concession 7 Lot 12.