Robert Barber
b. May 1814, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
(son of William Barber and Elizabeth Moore)
christened: 20 May, 1814, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
worked in Guelph, ON from 1836 - 1846
died: 3 April, 1879, Barber Farm, Everton, Conc. 7 Lot 12 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
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, 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, 1855, 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
Harriet E. Barber
b. 17th October(?) - 1860, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
baptized: 7 November, 1860
d. Halifax, NS, Canada
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
Dunbar 5 5 125 80 50 29 45 7 150
Robert Barber 2 4 87? 40 15 25 1 47 5 125 - there is an X beside Robt and
Harriert: ‘residence if out of limits’
Charles Willoughby 6 6 100 10 7 3 90 5 75
Barber,
Robert, News appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Apr 1879, page 3, column 2
ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE.-
Still another of the old pioneers has been called away, in the person of Mr.
Robert Barber, who was born in Suffolk, England, on the 14th of April, 1814,
and at the time of his death was just about sixty-five years of age. In 1836,
he arrived in Canada with his father's family, and at once settled in Guelph,
and the following year he married a daughter of the late Jonathan Oakes. Deceased,
resided in Guelph ten years and assisted to clear the bush where the town
now stands. In 1846 he purchased lot 4, in the 2nd concession of Eramosa,
and resided there till 1859, when he sold his place and leased the Fergusson
Blair farm near Guelph. Ten years later he purchased 200 acres in Eramosa,
lot 12, 7th concession, which he worked up to the time of his death. On the
13th of February he went to Guelph to consult a doctor, as he had not been
feeling very well. He remained at the residence of his son that evening, and
becoming worse was unable to leave for home. He gradually grew worse, and
died on the 3rd of April. Mr. Barber was a man highly respected by all his
acquaintances. He leaves a wife, six daughters and four sons, to mourn the
loss of a husband and father. Deceased was the father of our respected townsman,
Mr. John Barber, who has been employed at Ryder's Carriage Works for a number
of years.
