Robert BARKER, cordwainer, bapt 1804 ESS ENG, died 1890 TAS AUS married:
Lucy BARTON born 1804 CAM ENG. died c1828 CAM ENG.
After Lucy's death Robert remarried to:
Ann OAK bapt 1799 CAM ENG, died 1845 CAM ENG.
Robert later remarried to:
Margaret LAMB, a convict, born c1810 SCT, died date unknown TAS AUS.

Robert arrived in Tasmania in 1842 convicted for stealing onions. He worked on the road gang at Cleveland where he then settled. Robert's two sons John and Stephen, with John's family and an aunt, joined Robert sometime around 1856. For more information on John's step-family see the Ashman page under Tasmanian Ancestors on my home page.

A. John BARKER (mother Lucy Barton) bapt 1827 CAM ENG, died 1874 TAS AUS. John married:
Sarah PEARSON born c1827 ESS ENG, died c1851 ENG.
John then remarried:
Susannah MARSH born c1823 CAM ENG, died 1898 TAS AUS.

1. Louisa BARKER born c1850 CAM ENG, death date unknown. Louisa married John ASHMAN.
2. Frances BARKER bapt 1851 CAM ENG, died 1926 TAS AUS. Frances married George PINNINGTON.

1. Lucy BARKER born 1856 TAS AUS, died 1889 TAS AUS. Lucy married William Joseph SOUTHERWOOD.
2. Robert BARKER born 1858 TAS AUS, died 1926 TAS AUS. Robert first married Grace EAST who died after giving birth to their first child. He then married Mary Jane McGILLVRAY.

B. Charles BARKER (mother Ann Oak), twin, bapt 1839 CAM ENG, died 1846 CAM ENG.

C. Stephen Oak BARKER (mother Ann Oak), twin, bapt 1839 CAM ENG, died 1904 TAS AUS. Stephen married
Elizabeth HEATH born 1844 TAS AUS, died 1936 TAS AUS.

1. Charles Robert BARKER born 1863 TAS AUS, died 1945 TAS AUS. Charles married Isabella BURROWS.
2. John BARKER born 1867 TAS AUS, died 1956 TAS AUS. John married Jane Elizabeth CLARKE.
3. Daniel BARKER born 1869 TAS AUS, died 1962 TAS AUS. Daniel married Mezella COOMBS.
4. Amelia Florence BARKER born 1872 TAS AUS, died 1916 TAS AUS. Amelia married Henry NEWTON.
5. Amy BARKER born 1875 TAS AUS, died 1901 TAS AUS. Amy didn't marry.
6. Susan BARKER born 1878 TAS AUS, died 1960 TAS AUS. Susan married Alexander John STURGES.
7. Thomas BARKER born 1881 TAS AUS, died 1952 TAS AUS. Thomas married Elsie Mary FLOOD.
8. Robert James BARKER born 1884 TAS AUS, died 1943 TAS AUS. Robert married Ellen Ada Sutton ARMSTRONG.
9. Isabella BARKER born 1886 TAS AUS, died 1969 TAS AUS. Isabella married Thomas Henry HALL.
10. Stephen BARKER born 1889 TAS AUS, died 1970 TAS AUS. Stephen married Mary Bridget Josephine PARKER.

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