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Information from Jeff Gosnell, Gosnell and Butterfield Family Genealogy Pages, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 36 Kent County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 2000, Generation Press, Agincourt, ON:
Barker Robert, 21, resides Howard, born England, s/o John & Maria, married 15 Apr 1867 Charlotte Gosnell, 22, resides Orford, born Orford, d/o John & Sarah.

1881 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Barker Robert, M, Married, 34, born Ont, origin: English, E Meth, Farmer;
Charlotte, F, Married, 33, born Ont, origin: Irish, E Meth;
Haul, M, 13, born Ont;
Lawrance, M, 10, born Ont.

1901 personal census, Aldborough Twp, Elgin Co., ON, A3-2:
Barker Robert, M, Married, 5 Oct 1846, 54, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Sharlot, F, wife, Married, 10 Oct 1844, 56, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
Lawrence, M, son, Married, 9 Sept 1870, 30, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Bernice, F, daughter-in-law, Married, 26 Aug 1874, 26, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Arthur W., M, grandson, Single, 28 Jan 1894, 7, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth.

Jeff Gosnell writes:
Robert Barker, the fifth child of John and Mariah (Dawson) Barker was born on 5 September 1845 at Lowville in Nelson Township, Halton County Ontario, five years after his parents came to Canada (1840). He attended the Barker School, the first school built in Lowville. Circa 1853, after his Uncle Hall died, Robert's parents and family moved to Orford Township in Kent County when he was 8 years old. They lived in a one story log house and farmed 26 acres that was part of his Uncle William and Aunt Mary's farm on Lot 2 Concession 2 in Orford. It is not known if Robert and his brothers attended school at Palmyra or the school built in the woods on the Howard Orford town line in which Mr Christopher Webb (Mary Webb Gosnell's brother) taught. Both schools were relatively close to where the Barker family were living at the time but in opposite directions. On 15 April 1867 at the age of 22 years, Robert married Charlotte Gosnell... Charlotte Gosnell was born on 4 Jun 1845. She was the daughter of John Joseph Gosnell and Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell and great granddaughter of Lawrence and Catherine Salter Gosnell. Attending Robert and Charlotte at their wedding were Charlotte's younger sister Jerusha Gosnell and Hall Barker, Robert's older brother. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev Dawson Barker a brother of Robert's. Robert and Charlotte had three children:- Hall - born 20 Mar 1868 - died 20 Feb 1897, Agatha M - born 1870 - died 1870, and Lawrence - born 9 Sep 1871. This family lived on Lot 2 Concession 1 along with his brother Hall and Jerusha and their family. Circa 1894 both of these families (Robert and Charlotte, their sons Hall and Lawrence - Agatha had died, and Hall and Jerusha and their children Arthur W, Ellen May, and Annie O), moved to adjacent lots on Hogg Street in Alborough and farmed for nearly 17 years. By 1911 Robert and Charlotte moved back to Orford township and lived with their only living son Lawrence and his wife (Bernice) who had bought a farm on the Gore Road on land adjacent to the Gosnell family. Here Charlotte died on 9 Feb 1916 and Robert died on 6 July 1918. Both are buried in the Gosnell cemetery at Highgate Ontario.

Obituary of Robert Barker, from Jeff Gosnell:
The funeral of the late Robert Barker, who died on Friday last, was held from the residence of his son, Lawrence Barker, Gore Road, Orford, on Monday afternoon to Gosnell Cemetery. The services were conducted at two o'clock by Rev W.L Hiles of Highgate assisted by Rev (Dr) Hicks of Chatham. Besides his son, two sisters, Mrs Mary Harris of Hamilton and Mrs Maria Mauser of San Diego, California survive. The pallbearers were John Gosnell, James Gosnell, Edward Barker, John Barker, Lovell Barker, Percy Barker. The late Mr Barker, who was in his 74th year, was one of the early residents of Orford township. He came here with his parents when a young child from Nelson township, Halton county. He was successful in farming on Con 12 Aldborough (Hogg St), retiring about seven years ago since when he has resided with his son. Mrs Barker died about two years ago. The deceased was a consistent member of the Methodist Church and highly esteemed in the community.

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John Barker   Mariah Dawson
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Robert Barker 1845-1918