Family of William George BARKER and Louisa Matilda WALLACE

Husband:	William George BARKER (1870-1946)
Wife:	Louisa Matilda WALLACE (1869-1928)
Children:	Louisa Adelaide BARKER (1891-1962)
	Ethel Martha BARKER (1893- )
	Lilian Violet BARKER (1894- )
	Selina May BARKER (1894-1965)
	Maud BARKER (1897- )
	William George BARKER (1899- )
	Rose Ivy BARKER (1901-1918)
	Alice Winifred BARKER (1903- )
	Gladys Hilda BARKER (1905- )
	Doris Eva BARKER (1909- )
Marriage	22 Apr 1889	St. Matthews Church, Newington, Surrey

Husband: William George BARKER

Wife: Louisa Matilda WALLACE

Name:	Louisa Matilda WALLACE
Sex:	Female
Father:	Alfred Henry WALLACE (1842-1877)
Mother:	Sarah HEATH (1844- )
Birth	31 Jan 1869	Christchurch, Southwark
Death	1928 (age 58-59)

Child 1: Louisa Adelaide BARKER

Child 2: Ethel Martha BARKER

Child 3: Lilian Violet BARKER

Child 4: Selina May BARKER

Child 5: Maud BARKER

Name:	Maud BARKER
Sex:	Female
Birth	1897

Child 6: William George BARKER

Child 7: Rose Ivy BARKER

Name:	Rose Ivy BARKER
Sex:	Female
Birth	1901
Death	1918 (age 16-17)

Child 8: Alice Winifred BARKER

Child 9: Gladys Hilda BARKER

Name:	Gladys Hilda BARKER
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Harry WILLIAMS ( - )
Birth	1905

Child 10: Doris Eva BARKER

Note on Husband: William George BARKER - shared note

1. He was born at 16, Ash Street, Newington in 1870. A transcription of his birth certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/BthWB_01.htm

 

2. He can be seen in the 1871 census transcript, aged 1, at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen71_004.htm

 

3. At some point mum has him down as a Journeyman Brassmoulder working at Stone's Factory, Deptford. There are various items of brasswork around in the family, including picture frames with inlaid brass in the mounts.

 

4. In the 1881 census he is aged 10, living at home. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen81_004.htm

 

5. I have a copy of his marriage certificate (1889) which gives his profession as Brass Moulder and his address as 6 Kingston (?) Street, Newington. A transcription of the certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/MarBW_01.htm

 

6. He appears in the 1891 census living with Louisa Wallace and their eldest child. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen91_007.htm

 

7. At the time of the birth of his daughter Selina May (1894) his address was 12 Pepler Road, Trafalgar Road, Camberwell. He was still a Brassmoulder (journeyman).

 

8. In the 1901 census he is still a brass moulder, living at 22 Arklow Road, St Pauls, Deptford. He is living with his wife and 7 children - Louisa down to Rose. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen01_005.htm

 

9. In the 1911 census he is still a brass moulder living at 27 Abinger Road, Deptford, living with his wife and 9 children - Maud is missing. The census tells us that there were 10 children born alive, of whom 9 are still living. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen11_004.htm

 

10. Later he developed heart trouble and bought a greengrocer's shop (of which I have a photograph) at 289 Evelyn Street, Deptford. The shop was destroyed by a bomb in 1944. He was already living at this address at the time of his daughter Selina May's marriage in 1922.

The shop appears to have been the focus of the family and his grandchildren remember it with affection. Aunt Louie (ie. Louisa b. 1919) remembers that there were Sunday trips by horse and cart 'out to the country' for picnics.

 

11. In the 1921 census the couple are living at 289 Evelyn Street, Deptford with 6 of their children. (The 3 missing are Maud, Rose and William). William's profession is now down as a Green Grocer. A transcript of the census record can be seen at : www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen21_003.htm

 

12. He then lived until his death on May 31, 1946 at 30 Belmont Lane, Chislehurst, Kent. He was buried in Chislehurst Cemetary and his gravestone epitaph reads 'For all of us he did his best'.

 

13. The National Probate Index for 1946 has the entry : "William George Barker of 80 Belmont Lane Chislehurst died 31 May 1946. Administration London 11 October to Ethel Martha Barker, spinster. Effects £203 9s 3d.

Note on Wife: Louisa Matilda WALLACE - shared note

1. In the 1881 census she is living with her mother Sarah Heath and step-father John Redford. See Census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen81_005.htm

 

2. In 1889 lived at 76 Henshaw Street, Newington.

 

3. At the time of her death lived at 289 Evelyn Street, Deptford.

 

4. Her christening is in the IGI records. Gives the date as January 31, 1869 at Christ Church, Southwark. This record makes no mention of a middle name of Matilda.

 

5. I have looked in the PRO index for a record of her birth from start 1867 to 1st qtr 1870 (both Wallace and Wallis) and she just ain't there. (I am also very sure that Mum would have searched very hard for her - obviously without success.] There is a Louisa Ann Wallace 4th Qtr 1868 from St George in the East, but this is part of Stepney, not Southwark. There is absolutely no hint from the 1881 census that she might have been born in Stepney. Another not-very-near miss is a Louisa Mary Wallis born in Newington in 4th Qtr 1867.

 

6. She had a Drapery shop at 69, Adolphus Street, Deptford, possibly from at least 1917 until her death in 1928. This was at the same time as her husband had the Greengrocers in Evelyn Street, where the family lived. For a while her eldest daughter Louisa lived over the shop in Adolphus Street. (But mum thinks that daughter Louisa had moved to Abinger Road by at least 1914 - which implies that Grandmother Barker owned the shop before that.)

 

7. There are some family photographs taken at a house in Letchworth which belonged to 'Aunt Pat'. I am putting the note here since Aunt Louie believes that Aunt Pat was a sister of Louisa Wallace. This doesn't actually seem likely, since I think I have seen a postcard addressed to her as Mrs Barker, which implies that she was married to a Barker. Mum has a cryptic note of the address being Boswall, Temple Gardens, Green Lane, Letchworth (but was Boswall someone's name ?).