Individual Details

John BARKER

(Abt 1815 - 23 Oct 1880)

Events

Birth	Abt 1815	(probably around Dromore) - County Monaghan, Ireland
Marriage	Abt 1832	Ireland - Margaret HANNA
Immigration (fam)	7 Nov 1840	with their children Elizabeth (8) & Anne (6) on the "Argyle"on 7 Nov 1840. The voyage must have been a nightmare! In all at least 196 out of 310 immigrants were stricken with serious disease during the voyage. By the time they reached Cape Town 20 adults & children had died of typhoid, dysentery, measles & whooping cough. By the time they reached Port Phillip on 12 Apr 1841 another 25 had died. More than half the 70 children who boarded the vessel in Liverpool died on the voyage. To make matters worse Margaret was pregnant & gave birth to daughter Jane on 25 Feb whilst still at sea. Many migrants disembarked in Melbourne but some, like the Barkers, sailed on to Sydney on the ship when it left on 10 May 1841 & passengers were cleared 21 May in Port Jackson - Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - Margaret HANNA
Occupation	12 Apr 1841	protestant farm labourer who could read & write when he emigrated
Occupation	1872	farmer in Para Meadow (Fairy Meadow) according to Greville's 1872 Post Office Directory - Para Meadow, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australian Colonies
Death	23 Oct 1880	an anuerism of the carotid & brochitis - Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	24 Oct 1880	Wollongong Pioneer Park (Episcopal Cemetery), Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
News Pub (ind)	29 Oct 1880	"DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT. - On Sunday last, the remains of an old &and respected resident of this district were conveyed to their last resting place. We allude to the funeral of the late Mr. John Barker, of Mount Pleasant. The deceased had been a resident of the place mentioned for a period of between thirty and forty years, and had the good will of all who knew him, he having been a good neighbour and a kind hearted and well conducted member of the community. He enjoyed good health until within a few weeks of his death, which occurred on saturday last, at an advanced age. The funeral took place on the following afternoon, as already stated, and was very largely attended. The remains were deposited in the Church of England Cemetery, the Rev. Dean Ewing officiating. A widow and several sons and daughters, all very respectable, survive the deceased and mourn their loss by his death."

Families

Spouse	Margaret HANNA (1803 - 1892)
Child	Elizabeth "Eliza" BARKER (1833 - 1905)
Child	Anne "Annie" BARKER (1835 - )
Child	Jane Argyle BARKER (1841 - 1880)
Child	Mary BARKER (1843 - 1916)
Child	William John BARKER (1846 - 1927)
Child	Robert William BARKER (1848 - 1902)

Father	John BARKER (1789 - )
Mother	Rose AGNEW (1796 - )

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