Robert Barber
b. May 1814, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
(son of William Barber and Elizabeth Moore)
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
Harriet Oakes and Robert Barber
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
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
Tombstone of Robert Barber and Harriet Oakes, Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, Ontario
Robert Barber arrested in Work House riot - Bulcamp (Blything Union), Suffolk
See documention about Robert and Harriet's emigration to Canada
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
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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. |
