Samuel Barber

b. 14 April, 1819, Cratfield, Suffolk, England

christened 15 April, 1819, Cratfield, Suffolk, England

d. 15 April, 1819

married: 10 April, 1845, Fergus, ON, Canada

Spouse: Susanna Francis

b. 8 December, 1825, Pakenham, Suffolk, England

christened: 24 January, 1826, Pakenham, Suffolk, England

d. 19 November 1885, Guelph, ON, Canada

buried: 20 November, 1885, Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, ON, Canada

Children:

1. George Samuel Barber - born 12 Oct. 1845, Guelph Twp; baptized. 7th April 1846, Guelph, ON (see Wesley Baptismal. Records, Vol. 1, p. 365: Rev. Jas. Booth) - died 18 October 1879, Guelph (see funeral announcement); buried Woodlawn Cemetery Lot 60, Block E - on 19 October 1879. In the 1861 census he is listed as 'labourer' - age 15. (One record says he died on Oct. 23, which will obviously throw off the burial date too.) He was killed by a train (see inquest notes). George was a member of the Church of England and was married to Lucy (Nancy?) Jane Stead 26 October, 18676, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian, Guelph.He died age 34, 5 days at the Fire Hall, Guelph. He was an engineer and fire-engine operator (fireman). In the Wellington County Directory of 1875/6/7 he is listed as 'engineer, steam fire-engine (market square).'

2. Elizabeth Ann Barber - born 17 March 1847, Guelph Twp - died 16th of March (or perhaps 16 January), 1915, Guelph; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery - Section E - 55 - 781. She married Robert Haddow Black in 1867.

3. William Frederick Barber - born 15 October 1849, Guelph Township; died 30 October, 1919 - (living then at 47 Glasgow St., Guelph); buried 31 October, 1919, Woodlawn Cemetery. He was married 1. to Eliza Brown (born 1849 - buried 8 May, 1908 - Woodlawn) and 2. to Ida May Ellis, on 2 December 1908, at a Guelph Methodist Church. (She was born in 1873 and died 29 October, 1957 in Hamilton; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph).

4. Thomas Francis Barber - born 21 February, 1849, Guelph Township; died 2 January, 1920 at Guelph General Hospital; buried 5 January, 1920 in Woodlawn - Sec. 9, Block K, Gr. 9. He was married on the 2nd of March, 1872 in the Primitive Methodist Church, Guelph, to Mary Johnson. He died of arteriosclerosis. Residence: corner of Waterloo Avenue and Fergus Road, Guelph (1882/3) & Alice Street (1885/6). Guelph Evening Mercury obituary: Sat Jan 3, 1920 - at the General Hospital, January 2nd, 1920, Thomas F. Barber, age 72, husband of the late Mary Barber, who died Christmas Eve. Funeral from Tovell's Undertaking Parlors, Monday aft. 3.

5. Edward James Barber - born 16 July, 1852, Guelph Township; died 6 July, 1918 in Chicago; buried 13 July, 1918, in Union Cemetery, Guelph - Area 96, Lot 58, Block E. He was a painter, married on 30 December, 1874 -at the Methodist Church, Salem, ON to Sarah Ann Field (born ca 1853, Elora, ON). He lived in Lake Forest, Illinois. Guelph Evening Mercury obituary: Mon. Jul 15, 1918 -- In Chicago, On Sat. Jul 6, Edward Barber, age 67 yrs, son of the late Samuel Barber. His remains were brought to Guelph and buried on Fri. Jul 12th in the family plot in the Union Cemetery. Married in Salem by Rev. Thomas Cobb; witnesses: I. A. Smith (Brantford) & S. Tait (Alma).

6. Robert Henry Barber - painter, decorator - was born 7 January, 1854, Guelph Township; died of bronchitus on 7 January, 1923 and was buried 10 January, 1923 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph - Lot 34, Block E. He married Elizabeth Ann Goulding on 6 December, 1876 at First Baptist Church, Guelph. They resided at 116 Farquhar, Guelph and had his business address at 75 Market Sq. (in 1919) - a Paint Store in St. George's Square. In 1883 Dr. R.H. Barber founded a painting, glazing and decorating store, which became the nucleus for Barber Glass. T. Ross Barber took over in the late 1930's - developed into a retail glass shop. . . .sold in the early 1950's to his son, D.S. Barber. Robt. Henry Barber was a deputy game warden & Guelph councillor.

7. Susanna Francis Maria Barber - born 3 October, 1857, Guelph Township; died 11 September, 1878, Guelph; buried 13 September, 1878, Woodlawn - Lot 58, Block E. Tombstone: 'Susana Barber who d. 11 Sept. 1878, Aged 20 yrs. 11 mos. 8 dys.' - also 'Jane C. Barber, d. Jan. 21, 1873, aged 16 mos.' Guelph Mercury, Sept. 12, 1878: In Guelph on the 11th instant, Susanna Maria, 2nd dau. of Samuel Barber, aged 20 yrs. 11 mos. 8 days. Deeply regretted. The funeral will take place tomorrow (Fri.) @ 2:00 p.m. from her father's residence, Waterloo Ave. Friends & acquaintances will please attend without further notice." This daughter was burned to death.

8. Leonard Octavius Barber - born in 1860 - Guelph Township, ON; died 17 April, 1895 - Guelph and was buried at Woodlawn Cem. - E - 54 - 753. He married Mary Elizabeth Ellis on 13 Jan. 1886 - at the Methodist Church, Guelph (by Rev. W.S. Griffin; witnesses: John Ellis & Sarah Carter). At the time of his death they were residing on Liverpool Rd., Guelph, with a business located at 1 Market House. Guelph Weekly Mercury and Advertizer: 5 Mar 1891: Local News - Mr. G. Wood has sold to Mr. L. O. Barber 13 head of store fed cattle at an average price of $50 a head. These animals will be shipped to New Brunswick.

9. Joseph A. Barber - born in 1863, Guelph Twp. and died in 1930, Kansas, USA. He married Annie Unknown and they resided in Huron, Everist, & Raneher, Kansas, USA..

10. Alice Louisa Rebecca Barber - born 1864, Guelph Twp.and died on 22 Feb. 1945 inMilton, ON. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery - Sec. 8, Lot 4, Block C - 24 on February of 1945. She was married to Robert Johnson on 9 November, 1882, at the Baptist Church, Guelph. He was a finisher and carriage painter. She married, secondly, James Hutchson on 13 Jan. 1897. He died in Toronto 18 January, 1928 but is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph.

11. Louisa Eliza Barber - born in 1865, Guelph Twp. - died 18 Jan. 1938, Toronto and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery - Sec. 6, Block P. He married William Alexander McElroy on 23 December, 1891, Guelph.

12. Susan Barber - born about 1867, Guelph Twp, ON.

13. Harriet Barber - born in 1869, Guelph Twp., ON; married Edward Worsfold on 27 Nov. 1891.

14. Albert Ashton Barber - born 20 November, 1869, Guelph Township; died 3 February, 1949, Guelph; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on -5 Feb. 1949, E - 28 - 342l Sec. 6, Block C. He also had erected a headstone for Thomas Barber & Mary Johnson - K - 20 - 235. He was a cattle-dealer; a Presbyterian, who resided at 407 Water St., Guelph. In 1914 his residence was at the corner of Durham & Glasgow Streets, Guelph..

15. Jane C. Barber - born 1871 - Guelph Township - died 21 January, 1873, Guelph, ON; buried Woodlawn - E - 656 - 965 - died aged 16 mos. Death noted on same (Woodlawn) stone as sister Susanna Maria Barber - "Also Jane C. Barber, d. Jan. 21, 1873, aged 16 mos."

16. Herbert Barber - born 13 August, 1858, Guelph Township. - died 15 July, 1918, Guelph; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on 17 July, 1918. He was a butcher and in the 'cattle business.' He also had a cigar and news agency. He was a Baptist (1881 census) and was married in First Baptist Church, Guelph - to Caroline Goulding, on the 6th of October, 1889, by Rev. W. Williams; witnesses: Benjamin Present & Alice Barber (Guelph).

More Information on Samuel Barber

From the Cratfield, Suffolk parish register - 'Samuel, son of William and Elizabeth Barber, Cratfield, labourer; born yesterday.'

1861 Census, Guelph Twp., Dist #3 film 0349332, Wellington - aged 40, farmer, b. England (also see Mormon IGI Batch # C062921) I think the IGI refers to his christening as 5th of April, 1819 which is wrong and should be the 15 of April, 1819 (with his birth being on the 14th).

I have seen a microfilm record (Mormon IGI) of the Cratfield Parish registry. Samuel's father (William Barber) was the parish clerk (assistant, first) of Cratfield parish - and I may have been looking at William's hand-writing as he records some of the Barber children baptisms (and others) in the 1830's - all prior, of course, to Samuel and Robert Barber coming to Canada.

I know that Robert Barber, my ancestor and Samuel's brother, came to Canada in 1836, along with his brother William Barber and wife Sophia and their 2 children, and James Barber (I think a brother) who is 15 - and with the Oakes family, whose daughter Harriet, Robert married later that year at Norfolk Primitive Methodist, Guelph. I don't know when Samuel came - whether before or after these others.

Samuel's residence in 1867 was Guelph Township - Concession 2, Lot A. One old record links the farm with a farm called 'Scotslea' with the following description.

The existing farm containing 77 acres is idenified as firstly the N.E.half of the N.E. half of Lot 3, Concession 2, Division B, and the S.E. half of the rea or S.W. half of Lot 3, Conc. 1, Division B, of Guelph Township.The property contains 78.16 acres more or less of which 65 acres are workable, 7 acres are maple bush, 3 acres are cedar swamp, and the balance contains the residence, garden area, and farm buildings. The property has frontage of 824 feet on Fife Rd., approximately one half mile from the south westerly city limits. It has a depth of 2036 feet, widening out across the rear to form an L shape. A roadway, 2036 feet in length and 24.75 feet in width, provides access to Highway 24 South. The residence and farm buildings are located approx. 1500 ft. from Fife Rd., with access from a laneway running parallel to the dividing line between Concession 1 and 2 in Lot 3.

Prior to 1892, the two parcels of land were owned by different individuals. The first parcel in Concession 2 was owned, in 1842, by Joseph Johnson Jonathan Green and wife. During the years up to 1888, the property passed through the hands of three additional owners: Samuel Barber and wife in 1870, George Weltzer and wife in 1872, and Edward Warswick in 1884. In 1888 it was conveyed to Richard Pallister and added to the adjoining farm.

The second parcel in Concession 1 was owned from the Crown by a James Keough and passed thorugh members of his family in 1892. It is noted that the first marriage solemnized in Guelph in Septtember 1827 was that of Christopher Keough and Miss Ann Green. We can only speculate that this was indeed a marriage between the two families who first owned the properties, or were coincidence. Mrs. Christopher Keough survived to 1877 and was given an honoured place in the parade celebrating Guelph's 50th Birthday.

In 1892 the two pieces of property were conveyed to John Savage. The existing house is believed to have been built in 1896, and is a two story Gorgian style home constructed of a double layer of hand-made brick. A single story kitchen section was added later . . .

The farm passed into the Darby famiy in 1913 with Cornelius Darby Ist adding it to his farm holdings on the Waterloo Road. Ten years later in 1923 the property was conveyed to Cornelius Taylor Darby and his wife Elizabeth English Darby. Cornelius 1 died in 1932 and his funeral was held on the day following New Year's Day. A terrific ice storm had littered the countryside with fallen trees and disrupted services which existed at that time.

With the mphasis on food production during WW II, the rural hydro program rapidly and hydro was installed in 1941. Other moden conveniences were added at this time and the home was arranged to accomodate two families as Cornelius Darby III was married by this time. By 1949 the need for a larger farm resulted in the Darby's relocating in Nichol Township. (Note: Henrietta Darby married John William Barber, son of John and Sarah Barber).

My father (Arthur Freeman Barber) was born very near to this location (and perhaps even on part of the farm that Samuel Barber had also owned or farmed). There was an old stone house (now gone) on the corner of the concession road (on Hwy 24 going west towards Guelph) - on what is now where Whitelaw Rd. intersects with 24. This was the Lawrence farm where my dad was born in 1921, his father Gordon farming there and living in that old house. About a half mile north, though is where I think Samuel lived, not far from the intersecting (of Whitelaw) railway. On the other hand, there is the record of the death of a daughter (see below) who was burned tragically and the residence of the family is isted as 'the Waterloo Road' which always made me wonder where in fact they lived, or whether they lived at different places at different times, though farming (roughly) the same acreage. I think she was burned when her nightgown caught fire from a candle that she was carrying as she went to bed. John Barber (my dad's grandfather - son of Robert, bro. of Samuel) farmed (100 acres) at the other - northern - end of this road where it intersects with the Paisley Road. There's a big old tree there now, behind a public school. When I first looked around there in the 1980's the ruins of the house were still there (foundations, outhouse, etc.) and so were the limestoned foundation walls of the barn, and silo standing, etc. That's now all green grass with the trees and memories, only, left. My Grandmother (Alice Annie Green) lived with her family about half way down the Whitelaw Road, about opposite to where Samuel Barber lived when she met and married my Grandfather, Gordon Barber, in 1914. Imperial Rd. cuts back now across what was the opening entrance of John Barber's farm, Elm Lane Farm, on the Paisley Road.

Guelph Mercury (Wed. 4 Apr. 1888) "Death - Samuel, aged 72. Funeral from the residence of his son, Thomas, Alice Street. Mr. Barber was an old and well-known resident of Guelph, died suddenly this morning of asthma and bronchitis. The deceased was down the street yesterday. 50 yrs, 11 mos. 10 days."