George Barber

George Barber
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1860 – 1932 72 years

Born 1860 in Rochester, KentDied 10 April 1932 in Charleville, Queensland, aged 72

Worked as a town contractor and builder at Charleville from 1893. He was a partner in the firm P. & A. Barber from 1908 to 1924 and became managing director of Barber Limited in 1924.

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FG Florence Gifford 1862–1922 m. March 1881 ? Unknown spouse m. 27 November 1923

Children with Florence Gifford

EB Edith Barber 1890–1937 VB Victor Harold Barber 1885–1886 AB Ada Barber 1886–1886 JB Jessie Barber 1895–1895 AB Albert Barber 1892–1962 GB George Hubert Barber 1881–1948 PB Percy Douglas Barber 1883–1950

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1860s
Born 1860

Rochester, Kent, England

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1880s
Residence 1881 aged 21

Canterbury, St Mary Northgate, Kent, England

Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
Married to Florence Gifford March 1881 aged 21

Canterbury, Kent, England
Birth of son George Hubert Barber December 1881 aged 21

Canterbury, Kent, England
Birth of son Percy Douglas Barber December 1883 aged 23

Canterbury, Kent, England
Birth of son Victor Harold Barber June 1885 aged 25

Canterbury, Kent, England
Death of son Victor Harold Barber 3 January 1886 aged 26

Queensland, Australiainfant
Birth of daughter Ada Barber 11 June 1886 aged 26

Queensland, Australia
Death of daughter Ada Barber 11 June 1886 aged 26

Queensland, Australiainfant
1890s
Birth of daughter Edith Barber 4 February 1890 aged 30

Queensland, Australia
Birth of son Albert Barber 10 December 1892 aged 32

Queensland, Australia
Occupation (Contractor and builder) 1893–1932 aged 33

Charleville, Queensland, Australia

Worked as a town contractor and builder at Charleville from 1893. He was a partner in the firm P. & A. Barber from 1908 to 1924 and became managing director of Barber Limited in 1924.

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Birth of daughter Jessie Barber 3 February 1895 aged 35

Queensland, Australia
Death of daughter Jessie Barber 6 April 1895 aged 35

Queensland, Australiainfant
1900s
Mayor of Charleville 1901 aged 41

Charleville, Queensland, Australia

Served as mayor of Charleville in 1901, six years before his brief term in the Legislative Assembly.

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Mayor of Charleville 1903 aged 43

Charleville, Queensland, Australia

Served a second, separate term as mayor of Charleville in 1903.

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Member for Warrego, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 18 May 1907 to 24 September 1907 aged 47

Queensland, Australia

Won the western Queensland seat of Warrego for the Labour Party at the state election of 18 May 1907, defeating the sitting member Patrick Leahy. Leahy petitioned against the result on the ground that Barber was insolvent; the Elections Judge reversed the result and installed Leahy as the member. Barber was unseated by petition on 24 September 1907, after four months in the Legislative Assembly.

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1920s
Death of wife Florence Gifford 15 March 1922 aged 62

Charleville, Queensland, Australiaaged 60
Married spouse not recorded 27 November 1923 aged 63

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Second marriage of George Barber, MLA for Warrego, at Brisbane, after the death of his first wife Florence Gifford in 1922.

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Alderman and Town Clerk, Charleville

Charleville, Queensland, Australia

Held office as an alderman and as town clerk of Charleville. The sources give no dates for either office. He was also chairman of the Fire Brigade Board and of the Charleville Hospital, a member of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association, and a member of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows.

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1930s
Buried April 1932 aged 72

Charleville, Queensland, Australia

Buried in the Charleville Cemetery.

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Died 10 April 1932 aged 72

Charleville, Queensland, Australia

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