William Barber
b. 1783, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
(son of Robert Barber and Sarah Stanford)
christened: 9 January, 1783, Fressingfield, Suffolk
died (date unknown)
(married 4 October, 1811, Cratfield, Suffolk, England)
William was the parish clerk of Cratfield, Suffolk during the 1820's and early 1830's.
I don't know for sure - if William and Elizabeth came to Canada or remained in England. However, in the 1841 Census of Suffolk, the Registration District of Wenhaston shows the following Barbers who may be this family: William Barber 70, Elizabeth Barber 65, with Mary 20, Samuel 20, George 15, Emma 15, Eliza 11, Charles Barber 6.
Wenhaston is a small village south-east of Halesford - just south of Blyford (and hence of Bulcamp Work House) and west of Cratfield. It is about 6 miles west of Blythburgh and hence of the sea. Wenhaston stands on the southern side of the valley of the River Blyth, on a ridge which is just under twenty metres above sea level.
Wenhaston Registration District may have been a larger area, perhaps including Bulcamp (Blything Work House). From 1837 to 1935, Blything Hundred was divided into 3 districts, Cratfield, Blythburgh and Wenhaston. (Actually Wenhaston is a Registration Sub-District of the Registration District of Blything (confused yet?!).
(If this is the family, then some of them remained behind when the three elder brothers - William, Robert and James came to Canada in 1836. Samuel, who came to Canada and married Susannah Francis in 1845, is shown as being still in England in 1841.)
From the church on the high place of Wenhaston ridge can be seen today the housing complex created from what was the Union Workhouse at Bulcamp, originally built in 1766. It is believed that this site, or very close to it, is one of Suffolk's oldest battlefields. In 654AD, the army of King Anna, Christian King of the Angles, led by the King and his son, were being chased by King Penda, pagan King of Mercia, with his army. Here King Anna stood his ground and suffered defeat; both he and his son were slain amid much carnage and post-battle pillaging.
Spouse: Elizabeth Moore
b. 1789, St. Margaret's, Southelmham, Suffolk, England
christened: 29 November 1789, St. Margaret's, Southelmham, Suffolk, England
died (date unknown)
Children:
William Barber
b. 1812, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
christened: 4 March, 1812
d. Ontario, Canada
b. 1814, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
christened: 20 May, 1814, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
d. 3 Apil, 1879, Everton, Eramosa Township, ON, Canada
buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, ON, Canada
James Barber
b. 1816, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
christened: 26 October, 1816, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
b. 14 April, 1819, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
christened: 15 April, 1819, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
d. 4 April, 1888, Guelph, ON
buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, ON, Canada
Mary Barber
17 Dec. 1820, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
christened: 1 January, 1821, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
Charles Barber
b. 1823, Cratfield, Suffolk, England,
christened: 15 June, 1823, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
Harriot Barber
b. 1825, Cratfield, Sufolk, England
christened 9 March, 1825, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
George Barber
b. 1827, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
christened 7 May, 1827, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
Elizabeth (Eliza) Barber
b. 14 July, 1829, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
christened: 23 July, 1829, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
Emily Barber
b. 1834
c. 3 September, 1834, Cratfield, Suffolk, England
Possible Death Record(s) for William Barber
Name:
William Barber
Year of Registration: 1840
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Hoxne
County: Norfolk, Suffolk
Volume: 13
Name:
William Barber
Year of Registration: 1841
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Name:
William Barber
Year of Registration: 1845
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 363
Name:
William Barber
Year of Registration: 1846
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 301
William
Barber
Year of Registration: 1847
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 298
William
Barber
Year of Registration: 1848
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 282
William
Barber
Year of Registration: 1853
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 466
William
Barber
Year of Registration: 1854
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 459
William
Barber
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 439
William
Barber
Year of Registration: 1865
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Blything
County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 437
The Following is possible reference to 'my' William and Elizabeth Barber' who perhaps retired from Cratfield to Wenhaston, just east a few miles . . .
1841 England
Census
William Barber
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1776
Gender: Male
Where born: Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Wangford
Hundred: Blything
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Source information: HO107/1017/5
Registration district: Blything
Sub-registration district: Wenhaston
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Folio: 16
Page: 25 (click to see others on page)
Line number: 13
GSU Number: 474635
1841 England
Census
Elizabeth Barber
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1776
Household: View other family members
Gender: Female
Where born: Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Wangford
Hundred: Blything
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Source information: HO107/1017/5
Registration district: Blything
Sub-registration district: Wenhaston
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Folio: 16
Page: 25 (click to see others on page)
Line number: 14
GSU Number: 474635