The Barker Family

Richard Donthorn Barker

Birth: 1846, in Fincham, Norfolk, England

Married: Alice Risley on 26 February 1879 in St Peters Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Richard Donthorn Barker is recorded as a bachelor, aged 33. He is a merchant, resident in Maritzburg. Alice Risley is recorded as a spinster, aged 24, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was performed by Bishop John William Colenso ("Jno. Natal") and witnessed by William Risley and Jno. ?.

Children:

Reginald Donthorn Barker (1879 - 1959)

Occupation: Draper's Assistant (1871); Storekeeper or merchant (1879)

Death: 14 August 1880, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Census:
1851: Fincham, Norfolk
1871: Northampton All Saints, Northamptonshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1846 Downham vol 13 p82); exact place from 1851 census
Marriage: Natal Civil Marriages 1879#261; parish registers of St Peter's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg Marriages 1879 p68 #261
Occupation: 1871 census; Natal Civil Marriages 1879#261; birth register of son Reginald (1879)
Death: National Archives of South Africa (NAB MSCE 0 5/182); exact date and place from death notice of wife Alice at Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1909 vol 34 #212 film 007866827 image 460 and entry in the front of large prayer book entitled Fletchers Family Devotion

Reginald Donthorn Barker

Birth: 2 December 1879, at Church St., Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Father: Richard Donthorn Barker

Mother: Alice (Risley) Barker

Married: Lilian Stanley on 29 April 1922, in St Peters Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Reginald Donthorn Barker is recorded as a bachelor, aged 42. He is a civil servant, resident at the Natal ?amby Hotel, P.M.B. Lilian Stanley is recorded as a spinster, aged 20, resident at The Oaks, P.M.B. The marriage was performed by Heywood Harris and witnessed by B. Stanley and J.M.H. White.

Lilian was born on 6 November 1901 and baptised on 4 October 1903 in Holy Trinity, Canning Town, Essex, England, the daughter of George Henry Stanley and Beatrice Mayling. She died on 27 September 1960 in Johannesburg General Hospital, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 59. The cause of death is listed as haemorrhage from oesophageal varices of duration six days, with contributing causes of cirrhosis, of duration several years, and septic bed sores of duration one month.
Addresses:
1960: 19 19th St. Parkhurst, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Transvaal Probate Records 1960 #8002 film 101489422 image 1136)

Occupation: Civil Servant
In a newspaper report of his mother's death in 1909, Reginald is described as being "in the Natal Public Works Department"

Death: 18 August 1959

Addresses:
1909: 390 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1909 vol 34 #212 film 007866827 image 460)

Sources:

Birth: Pietermaritzburg birth registers 1889 p57 #294; entry in the front of large prayer book entitled Fletchers Family Devotion
Parents: Pietermaritzburg birth registers 1889 p57 #294
Marriage: Natal Civil Marriages 1922#E17 22; Lilian birth from Essex parish registers; Lilian parents from death notice in Transvaal Probate Records 1960 #8002 film 101489422 image 1135 with mother's last name from England Marriage Index (2Q1901 Hackney vol 1b p940) and death notice of father at Transvaal Probate Records 1911 vol 51 #31 film 0078668582 image 427; Lilian death from death notice in Transvaal Probate Records 1960 #8002 film 101489422 image 1135 and abridged death certificate at Transvaal Probate Records 1960 #8002 film 101489422 image 1137
Occupation: Natal Civil Marriages 1922#E17 22; death notice of mother at Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1909 vol 34 #212 film 007866827 image 460
Death: National Archives of South Africa (NAB MSCE_0_2306/1959_1) Text: BARKER, REGINALD DONTHORN. BORN IN PIETERMARITZBURG. S/SP BAKER, LILIAN. DECEASED ESTATE. Start Date 1959 End Date 1960 with exact date from death notice of wife in Transvaal Probate Records 1960 #8002 film 101489422 image 1135

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