Family of Alfred Barker and Kate Winifred Matthews

Husband:
Alfred Barker (1913-1987)
Wife:
Kate Winifred Matthews (1916-2012)
Children:
Brian Derek Barker (1938-2018)
Jeanette Ann-Marie Barker (1943-1980)
Marriage:
28 Dec 1936
The Register Office, Colchester, Essex, England¹ ²
Alfred Trooper no:406162 Royal Inniskillin Dragoon Guards of the Cavalry Barracks Colchester, Kate a wholesale tailors presser of 41 Barrington Road Colchester, both single, groom's father Joseph Barker an omnibus driver, bride's father Charles Uriah Matthews an engineers fitter. Married by certificate and witnessed by Horace Barker, Ivy Barker and Mrs Emma Matthews

Husband: Alfred Barker

Alfred Barker, 1955?, age 42

Name:
Alfred Barker³ ⁴ ¹ ⁵
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
soldier then a labourer⁶ ²
Birth:
30 Aug 1913
Ecclesall Bierlow "Registration District", West Riding of Yorkshire, England³ ⁴ ⁶ ⁵
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 26)
33 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England⁶
a married labourer in the Ordnance Department living with his wife Kate, son Brian, and Stanley and Ada Readings and family. Born on 30th August 1913
Death:
11 Feb 1987 (age 73)
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England⁵ ⁷
Probate:
9 Apr 1987
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁷
of 33 Brook Street Colchester died 11th February 1987, probate not exceeding £40,000 (~£99,000 in 2017)

Kate Winifred Matthews, 1961, age 45

Name:
Kate Winifred Matthews⁸
Sex:
Female
Father:
Charles Uriah Matthews (1878-1941)
Mother:
Emma Elizabeth Howe (1880-1956)
Occupation:
tailors presser²
Birth:
25 Jan 1916
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England⁸ ⁶
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 23)
33 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England⁶
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Alfred, son Brian, and Stanley and Ada Readings and family. Born on 25th January 1916
Death:
20 Mar 2012 (age 96)
Essex "Registration District", Essex, England⁹ ¹⁰
Probate:
15 Jun 2012
Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England¹⁰
grant and will, died 20th March 2012

Son: Brian Derek Barker, 1963, age 25

Name:
Brian Derek Barker¹¹ ¹²
Sex:
Male
Birth:
12 Jul 1938
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England¹¹ ⁶ ¹³
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 1)
33 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England⁶
under school age and living with his parents Alfred and Kate, and Stanley and Ada Readings and family. Born on 12th July 1938
Military Service:
frm 1954 to 1978 (age 15-40)
British Army REME, Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers as a craftsman¹⁴
rising to Staff Sergeant
Employment:
frm 1978 to 1991 (age 39-53)
Elland Power Station, Elland, West Riding of Yorkshire, England¹⁴
enhanced Craftsman (Instruments) for Powergen (formally CEGB) until the station closed in 1991 and was subsequently demolished in 1996
Death:
4 Aug 2018 (age 80)
Kirklees "Registration District", West Yorkshire, England¹² ¹³

Daughter: Jeanette Ann-Marie Barker, 1961, age 18

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1936 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2113. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

2.: Marriage Certificate. Colchester Register office 1936 entry:142. Cit. Date: 22 November 2021. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ecclesall Bierlow 1913 quarter:3 volume:9c page:927. Cit. Date: 22 November 2021.

4.: Birth Certificate. Ecclesall Bierlow 1913 book:28 entry:471. Cit. Date: 22 November 2021. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

5.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1987 quarter:1 register:287 volume:9 page:2073. Cit. Date: 22 November 2021.

6.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1503G page:3 line:24 letter code:DBTO. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

7.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1987 page:383 no:8751503813B. Cit. Date: 22 November 2021.

8.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1916 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1470. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

9.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Essex 2012 quarter:1 district:4631A entry:506463764. Cit. Date: 22 November 2021.

10.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Winchester 2012 no:3826815. Cit. Date: 22 November 2021.

11.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1938 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1355. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

12.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kirklees 2018 quarter:3 district:0901B entry:517713748. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

13.: FindMyPast England and Wales Deaths 2007-2024, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Huddersfield. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

14.: Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Barker-Matthews - Dennis-Brealey by 1_glangton. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

15.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1943 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1339. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

16.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1980 quarter:3 volume:9 page:1971. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.