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:

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

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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)

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