Frederick
(Fred)
"The Governor"
Barker
Born in Clapham, London, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Barker
and Jane Dorothy (Meek) Barker
Brother of
Mary (Barker) Oldham and John Barker
Husband of
Mary Louisa (Thomas) Barker
— married
27 Nov 1862 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lionel Robert Barker and Geoffrey Claude Barker
Died
at age 81
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Aug 2014
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Biography
Event Type: Baptism Event Date: 03 Feb 1826 Event Place: Clapham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Name: Frederick Barker Gender: Male Father's Name:John Barker Mother's Name: Jane Neek Barker [1]
Fred Barker was born in Clapham, and became an agent to an Ironworker in Yorkshire. In 1861 (aged 55) he was living at 23 Cumberland Rd, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Also there was 14 year old Yol.(?) Louisa Barker, who was born in Headingley, listed as his daughter(?), Rose Hildeston, housemaid, aged 19, who was born in Norton, Yorks, and Sarah Meyte, cook, aged 20, who was born in Warwick. [2] He married Mary Louisa Thomas in 1862. When he retired in 1889 he bought a house called "Gaskyns" in Rudgwick, Sussex. In 1892 he inherited £300,000 from his uncle Joseph Barker who owned a worsted mill in Yorkshire. [3]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGZP-L66D
- ↑ Public Record Office 1861 census ref RG11/4538
- ↑ Family tree in the possession of Alan Boswell, and documents in the possession of Antony Egremont-Lee.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Fred by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Fred:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Fred by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Fred:
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~12.50%
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