Frederick Barber (1835 - 1914)

Born 1835 in Ilminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Louisa (Pimm) Barber — married 17 Mar 1862 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 19 May 1914 at about age 79 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

According to the 1881 census (see source) he was married to Louisa who was six years younger. They had seven children. At the time of that census, she was 46 years old and his Mason Out of Empl which, it is assumed, meant that he was looking for work.

A FamilySearch definition of Mason is as follows: Stonemasons undertook a variety of work from quarrying and dressing stone to laying it with mortar (masonry) and also the polishing and lettering of monuments. The term stone cutter referred to anyone who hewed or cut stone, and these could be divided into rough masons who used a pick to shape quarried stone into more or less cubical blocks but without angles or finely dressed faces, and stone dressers who shaped the blocks precisely.

A free mason was originally a man who worked the best quality freestone (fine-grained easily sawn sandstone or limestone), but the term also refers to members of the friendly society. Hislop (Mediaeval Masons. Shire Publications) has a fine book on mediaeval masons, and Webb (London Apprentices Volume 27. Masons’ Company 1663-1805. Society of Genealogists, 1999) has indexed the apprenticeships of the Masons’ Company 1663-1805.

Sources

• 1881 census of England, Glos, Bristol, Barton Regis, Clifton, Frederick Barber; digital image, Ancestry (accessed 17 July 2019); citing RG11 Piece 2482 Folio 83 Page 29

• Bristol Registration District, Gloucester, England, vol 6a, p. 17, no. 215, death entry of Frederick Barber, 19 May 1914, certified photocopy of death entry in register, General Register Office, Southport, England.