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    by Janet McNeilly  © 2002

21 October 2003

         

Barker

Born around 1783 in Richmond. Ann Barker was christened at Richmond, near Leyburn on the 23rd of May 1784 - father Thomas Barker, mason.


She married Ralph Spence on 31 December 1810 in Richmond near Leyburn, Yks. (IGI)

 She was widowed in 1844.


According to the 1851 census was living in Gilling, Yks. with daughter Grace and family and listed as a pauper.


Died on the 15th of January 1854 aged 72 years. Buried at Gilling on January 18th 1854. Buried alongside husband Ralph and other Spence family members. Ann Spence wife of John Spence died 14 September 1875 aged 54years also John Spence died 7 June 1892 aged 72 years also Ralph Spence died 4 July 1844 aged 58 years and Ann his wife died 15 January 1854 aged 72 years. 

Ralph and Ann had at least 9 children:-
bulletDinah Spence - Baptised at Gilling, Yorkshire 18 September 1811, daughter of Ralph Spence, a tailor and Ann.
bulletThomas Spence - Baptised at Gilling 7 March 1813, son of Ralph, a tailor and Ann, of Gilling.
Was a witness at the marriage of sister Grace in 1841.
bullet Grace Spence (my 3x Great Grandmother) - Born in Gilling the daughter of Ralph Spence and Ann Barker. PR's for Gilling show the baptism of Grace Spence, daughter of Ralph, a tailor and Ann, of Gilling on the 20 June 1815. Click on her name for more.
bullet George Spence - Baptised at Gilling 30 November 1817, son of Ralph, a tailor and Ann. Click for more.
bullet John Spence - b1820. Click for more.
bulletFrances Spence -Baptised at Gilling on 22 September 1822, daughter of Ralph, a tailor and Ann, of Gilling.
bulletChristopher Spence - Christened at St Agatha's church, Gilling on the 19th of December 1824.
bulletRalph Spence - Christened at St Agatha's , Gilling by Richmond on the 22nd of May 1827.
National Burial Index shows the burial of Ralph Spence, an infant, on 7th January 1828, at St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire. PR's show the burial on 7 January 1828 of Ralph Spence, son of Ralph and Ann, infant, of Gilling.
bulletIsabella Spence - Christened at St Agatha's Church, Gilling on the 4th of January 1829.
The 1841 census for Gilling shows -
Ralph Spence 50 tailor born Yks
Ann Spence 50 born Yks
Bell Spence ? born Yks
Alice Spence 70 born Yks
The 1851 census for Richmond shows an Isabella Spence, aged 20, born Gilling.

 

 

                            

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