John Barber

John Barber
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1792 – 1841 49 years

Born c. 1792Died 1 March 1841, aged 49

Farrier, and latterly horse doctor. He had been a stable hand in England before transportation; in New South Wales he is a farrier at Parramatta, South Creek, Windsor and Richmond in the 1830s and a horse farrier, then horse doctor, at Goulburn from about 1837.

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JW Jane Wyer 1802–1853 m. 23 April 1821

Children with Jane Wyer

Joseph Rambler Barber 1821–1907 WB William Barber 1823–1826 LB Lucy Barber 1825–1902 AB Andrew Barber 1828–1908 MB Mary Ann Barber 1840–1845

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1810s
Occupation 1814 aged 22

Stable boy — his calling as recorded on the convict indent at the time of his transportation. He was convicted of stealing a bay mare, and in New South Wales became a farrier and finally a horse doctor, so the trade of his boyhood ran through his whole life.

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Description 1815 aged 23

Described on arrival as aged 26, 5 feet 5½ inches tall, of fair ruddy complexion, with sandy hair and blue eyes.

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Immigrated 27 January 1815 aged 23

Arrived at Sydney on the convict transport Marquis of Wellington, having sailed from London on 1 September 1814; transported for 14 years for horse-stealing, capitally convicted at the Isle of Ely assizes in February 1814 and reprieved

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1820s
Married to Jane Wyer 23 April 1821 aged 29

Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Married at St Luke's Church of England, Liverpool, New South Wales, by permission granted to a convict; witnesses William and Sophia Burgin

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Birth of son Joseph Rambler Barber 30 May 1821 aged 29

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Birth of son William Barber 22 March 1823 aged 31

Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Birth of daughter Lucy Barber 20 May 1825 aged 33
Death of son William Barber before 26 April 1826 aged 34

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Occupation 1828–1841 aged 36

Farrier, and latterly horse doctor. He had been a stable hand in England before transportation; in New South Wales he is a farrier at Parramatta, South Creek, Windsor and Richmond in the 1830s and a horse farrier, then horse doctor, at Goulburn from about 1837.

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Census (1828) 1828 aged 36

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Enumerated at Parramatta as head of household, entry B0277: free by servitude, aged 37 or 38, Protestant, holding 60 acres with one horse and six horned cattle. The household is his wife Jane, 27, come free on the Experiment, and their children Joseph, Lucy and Andrew.

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Birth of son Andrew Barber 29 February 1828 aged 36

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Certificate of Freedom April 1828 aged 36

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Granted his certificate of freedom, his fourteen-year sentence having expired. The Colonial Secretary published the week's grants in the Sydney Gazette of 23 April 1828, arranged by ship of arrival, with John Barber listed under Marquis of Wellington.

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1840s
Birth of daughter Mary Ann Barber October 1840 aged 48

Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Buried 3 March 1841 aged 49

Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Buried in the parish of St Saviour, County of Argyle (Goulburn), two days after his death; the register describes him as a horse doctor.

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