At Egton Bridge in 1871 Census, George Barker give his occupation as Tailor, Draper and Grocer.
In 1881 Census he lives at Esk Villa and is a tailor. So he is no longer a grocer or draper.
In 1881, George's surviving son, Richard gives his occupation as Grocer. He has a grocers shop which in 1882 he sells, along with tools and agricultural items as he is, "leaving the area".
It could be that this is Richard's inheritance at the death of mother Ann in 1871 or 1872.
Richard is back in Egton Bridge in 1891 this time living at Sandsend just along from the Barkers, with his wife's aunt. He is now a joiner.
In 1871 Census John Keefe, the son in law of George Barker, gives his occupation as Booking Clerk Out of Employ. In 1881 he gives his occupation as Shopkeeper. Not grocer. Shopkeeper. His wife Elizabeth is a Shop keeper's wife. They are keeping a shop.
Which shop?
Was this Richard Barker's shop in Egton Bridge?
Or was John employed at Botham's shop at the end of Arncliffe Terrace? Unlikely as the shopkeeper is clearly Mackridge.
Or another shop of his own?
Friday, 18 May 2018
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
John O'Keefe / Keefe Ships Crew Lists 1851
Forename | John |
|---|---|
| Surname | Keeffe |
| Vessel Name | Magyar of Cork |
| Area | Ireland South-West |
| Rank or Occupation | Seaman |
| Age | 22 |
| Place of Birth | Youghal |
| Source | Ship Crew Lists 1851 |
| Forename | John |
|---|---|
| Surname | Keeffe |
| Vessel Name | Charles of Cork |
| Area | Ireland South-West |
| Rank or Occupation | Seaman |
| Age | 22 |
| Place of Birth | Youghal |
| Source | Ship Crew Lists 1851 |
| Forename | John |
|---|---|
| Surname | Keefe |
| Vessel Name | Valentine of Cork |
| Area | Ireland South-West |
| Rank or Occupation | Mate |
| Age | 20 |
| Place of Birth | Youghal |
| Source | Ship Crew Lists 1851 |
Sunday, 6 May 2018
Rathronan, Rathangan and Ballyartella
This cutting is from 1852 papers, it is about Rathronan and I think we can be sure this is Richard O'Keefe Esquire of Rathronan Mills in Tipperary. They are a very well heeled lot the Yelverton O'Keeffes. Lawyers with public office and they settle in England in the end. Connected to aristocary Lady Avenmore was an O'Keeffe. Probably not who we are looking for,
Here are three brother, Martin, Edward and Patrick who are millers. Edward is the proprietor of Rock Vale Mills and Patrick seems to own Ballyartella Mills, still extant and a National Monument.
Patrick struggles financially and goes bankrupt. He immigrates to Australia and is followed by his wife and at least two children but these are shipwrecked and drowned in 1854. In the bankruptcy proceedings Patrick is described as Merchant, Dealer and Chapman.
Rock Vale mills is burnt down around 1860 and Edward was not well insured -the mills were rebuilt because they are seen for sale later in the century.
Another incidental factlet is that in Laracor which is next to Trim where there is a Richard Keeffe miller , there is a nursery seedsman named Martin Keeffe.
Martin Okeeffes are quite thin on the ground so should be findable. Edwards and Richards are not that common. This family should be very visible.
I do wonder if this branch of Okeeffe millers was originally the family from Kildare that had a big mill and distillery in Rathangan Kildare. Edward is one of their family names. They had the mill in 1780 and lost it some time around 1810 - the business got into trouble in the 1798 Rebellion with much fighting in the town of Rathangan and the British troops ate all the stores and then paid no damages leaving the family in debt. But what happened to them. Did they become involved in mills elsewhere?
Rathangan information
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Mount Keeffe
Richard Aldworth became Lord Donerails. He is also associated with Rock Mills in Kildorrery. There are plenty of Keeffes and O'Keeffes in Kildorrery. Rock Mills is a village with...... a mill. A huge big mill. The mill is later owned by a family called Oliver connected to the Aldworths by marriage. The Aldworths built the town/village of Newmarket.
Mount Keeffe is associated with lots of Keeffe's. Manus O'Keeffe and Charles O'Keeffe MD and Arthur O'Keeffe. Also Fitzgerald O'Keeffe of Spitalfield House.
This is the first find for me of a Richard Keeffe associated with Mount Keeffe and it is of interest. The date is 1842. He is listed as a farmer, he has become bankrupt and so maybe he lost the land?
I willn try to find Mount Keeffe in Griffiths and see who owned it. The house and estate did stay in the Keeffe family.
It is the connection to Kildorrery that is interesting. It sounds a bit like Kerry, which was something Kath believed about John Keefe which does not make sense.
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
A bit more about 5 Generations of Barker tailors of Egton Bridge
I have not verified all the information below. Some comes from a book about Egton Bridge, or from "Hearts of Oak" now available online, about the Catholics of Egton Bridge, and some information comes from wills and registers of baptisms, marriages and burials from RC registers and Egton parish church registers.
George Barker 1819-1902 (1) maried Hannah Lyth (1) 13 April 1844. He is a tailor, but in 1871 is tailor & draper & grocer employing one man. He and Hannah have 3 daughters and 2 sons are known from this marriage - Elizabeth 1846-1919 = John O'Keefe, William 1848-1871, Richard 1853-1916 = Mary Harrison, Esther Ann 1856-1947, and Hannah Mary 1859-1942 = Isaac Lawson (station master at Egton Bridge) Hannah nee Lyth died sometime after the 1871 census returns and George married Frances Heslop in 1873.
There appear to be no male descendants from this part of the Barker family as there is no record of Richard having any children. Richard was remembered as the black sheep of the family - one story was that he drank. However, he is mentioned in a book that Aunty Kath had at her house about Egton bridge or The Holy Guild of St hedda. I recorded the following from this book: In 1900 Richard "happened an accident while wrestling with another member of the Guild". It was suggested he should not receive sick pay as he should have been at work at the time the wrestling was going on, but "there was not enough evidence to prove this so it was decide to pay him his sick allowance".
Richard has various occupations recorded in the census returns: joiner's apprentice 1871 in Newholme with Dunsley, grocer in 1881 in Egton (probably having taken over the shop from his father), joiner in 1891 in Egton, Inn Keeper & farmer at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Egton in 1901, mechanic in Iron Stones Mines, Easington in 1911. The book referred to above had a photo from 1897 which had 2 Richard Barker's in it but no-one knew which Richard was George's son.
George was a member of the Holy Guild of St Hedda - More information on the Guild in a future post maybe. George, Hannah and Frances are commemorated i a stained glass window in the RC Church in Egton Bridge. George's daughter Hannah mary and her husband Isaac Lawson are commemorated with a plaque in the church. His daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Keefe are commemorated with their names on the pascal candle sticks in the church.
George 1819-1902 (1) & his father Joseph (1782-1866) (2) were the tenants of 2 cottages & gardens comprising 39 perches of land at a combined rental of £3 p.a. The cottages were situated diagonally opposite a cottage previously the village post office & previously owned by Ambrose Harrison, postman. Immediately behind and below them were the stepping stones leading to the mill.
George's siblings (children of Joseph) were Mary who may have died young as no information found about her, and 3 brothers:
- John b. 1819, tailor, lived Scarborough = Sarah Slater who later lives with her father-in-law Joseph & hs wife in 1851 and 1861, while John appears to be living with Jane Barker and then Elizabeth nee Readman who is described as his wife, with son William Readman Barker b. 1871 who may be his son or step-son.
- William Barker b. 1813 died young
- William Barker 1816-1878 = Ann Driver 1826-1857 at RC cathedral, Leeds. They lived at Almindbury where William was a blacksmith & later a farrier too. They had 2 daughters, Elizabeth 1851-1888 who became a nun, and Mary Ann 1853-1933 single. When Ann died William married his servant Caroline Jewitt and they had a son John William in 1862. John William married Margaret Gledhill and they had 2 daughters and a son.
Joseph Barker 1782-1866 (2) was a tailor and married Elizabeth Oxley (2) in 1810 who was the mother of his children. In 1828 he was a widow and married Ann Wedgewood. In 1851 and 1861 he is described as tailor and farmer of 31/2 and 4 acres. He was the son of:
George Barker 1740-1783 (3)
George married Mary nee Harrison 1742-1810 (3) in Skelton in 1767, where quite a few local RC's from the Egton area married around that time. George was a tailor and shop keeper. In 1774 he is described as shop keeper in his daughter Ann's baptism record.
In 1780 George and Mary Barker are listed as recusants with 6 children (not named). 5 are known of - Hannah bap 1768 = George Roe in 1798, George bap 1770 (tailor) = Ann Lyth in 1794, Mary bap 1772 = George Harrison, Ann bap 1774, Joseph bap 1782 = Elizabeth Oxley in 1820, then Ann Wedgewood in 1828.
In 1780 John Harrison died and left £30 to his daughter Mary Barker (George's wife) in his will. Apparently, in 1727 John Harrison had inherited Greenhouses Estate from his father Henry.
George 1740-1783's is assumed to be the son of:
George Barker d.1750 (4), recusant and tailor of Egton Bridge.
George is listed in recusant returns in 1735 along with Elizabeth Barker, widow (likely his mother) and is also listed as recusant in 1745, when only men were listed. George appears to have died in 1750.
George d. 1750 could well be the son of:
George Barker d. 1723 (5), tailor of Egton Bridge
He is listed as a recusant in 1691 and 1716, and could well be the George Barker who dies in 1723. Hi swife is likely to be Elizabeth Barker d. 1746 (5) who is named as a recusant and widow in 1735 and appears to be buried in 1746, when she is described as Widow and Papist of Egton Bridge.
George Barker 1819-1902 (1) maried Hannah Lyth (1) 13 April 1844. He is a tailor, but in 1871 is tailor & draper & grocer employing one man. He and Hannah have 3 daughters and 2 sons are known from this marriage - Elizabeth 1846-1919 = John O'Keefe, William 1848-1871, Richard 1853-1916 = Mary Harrison, Esther Ann 1856-1947, and Hannah Mary 1859-1942 = Isaac Lawson (station master at Egton Bridge) Hannah nee Lyth died sometime after the 1871 census returns and George married Frances Heslop in 1873.
There appear to be no male descendants from this part of the Barker family as there is no record of Richard having any children. Richard was remembered as the black sheep of the family - one story was that he drank. However, he is mentioned in a book that Aunty Kath had at her house about Egton bridge or The Holy Guild of St hedda. I recorded the following from this book: In 1900 Richard "happened an accident while wrestling with another member of the Guild". It was suggested he should not receive sick pay as he should have been at work at the time the wrestling was going on, but "there was not enough evidence to prove this so it was decide to pay him his sick allowance".
Richard has various occupations recorded in the census returns: joiner's apprentice 1871 in Newholme with Dunsley, grocer in 1881 in Egton (probably having taken over the shop from his father), joiner in 1891 in Egton, Inn Keeper & farmer at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Egton in 1901, mechanic in Iron Stones Mines, Easington in 1911. The book referred to above had a photo from 1897 which had 2 Richard Barker's in it but no-one knew which Richard was George's son.
George was a member of the Holy Guild of St Hedda - More information on the Guild in a future post maybe. George, Hannah and Frances are commemorated i a stained glass window in the RC Church in Egton Bridge. George's daughter Hannah mary and her husband Isaac Lawson are commemorated with a plaque in the church. His daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Keefe are commemorated with their names on the pascal candle sticks in the church.
George 1819-1902 (1) & his father Joseph (1782-1866) (2) were the tenants of 2 cottages & gardens comprising 39 perches of land at a combined rental of £3 p.a. The cottages were situated diagonally opposite a cottage previously the village post office & previously owned by Ambrose Harrison, postman. Immediately behind and below them were the stepping stones leading to the mill.
George's siblings (children of Joseph) were Mary who may have died young as no information found about her, and 3 brothers:
- John b. 1819, tailor, lived Scarborough = Sarah Slater who later lives with her father-in-law Joseph & hs wife in 1851 and 1861, while John appears to be living with Jane Barker and then Elizabeth nee Readman who is described as his wife, with son William Readman Barker b. 1871 who may be his son or step-son.
- William Barker b. 1813 died young
- William Barker 1816-1878 = Ann Driver 1826-1857 at RC cathedral, Leeds. They lived at Almindbury where William was a blacksmith & later a farrier too. They had 2 daughters, Elizabeth 1851-1888 who became a nun, and Mary Ann 1853-1933 single. When Ann died William married his servant Caroline Jewitt and they had a son John William in 1862. John William married Margaret Gledhill and they had 2 daughters and a son.
George Barker 1740-1783 (3)
George married Mary nee Harrison 1742-1810 (3) in Skelton in 1767, where quite a few local RC's from the Egton area married around that time. George was a tailor and shop keeper. In 1774 he is described as shop keeper in his daughter Ann's baptism record.
In 1780 George and Mary Barker are listed as recusants with 6 children (not named). 5 are known of - Hannah bap 1768 = George Roe in 1798, George bap 1770 (tailor) = Ann Lyth in 1794, Mary bap 1772 = George Harrison, Ann bap 1774, Joseph bap 1782 = Elizabeth Oxley in 1820, then Ann Wedgewood in 1828.
In 1780 John Harrison died and left £30 to his daughter Mary Barker (George's wife) in his will. Apparently, in 1727 John Harrison had inherited Greenhouses Estate from his father Henry.
George 1740-1783's is assumed to be the son of:
George Barker d.1750 (4), recusant and tailor of Egton Bridge.
George is listed in recusant returns in 1735 along with Elizabeth Barker, widow (likely his mother) and is also listed as recusant in 1745, when only men were listed. George appears to have died in 1750.
George d. 1750 could well be the son of:
George Barker d. 1723 (5), tailor of Egton Bridge
He is listed as a recusant in 1691 and 1716, and could well be the George Barker who dies in 1723. Hi swife is likely to be Elizabeth Barker d. 1746 (5) who is named as a recusant and widow in 1735 and appears to be buried in 1746, when she is described as Widow and Papist of Egton Bridge.
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