Samuel Delabere Barker

<<Return to Charlotte Jane Group Photo

Original information:
Samuel Delabere Barker (1848-1901) was two when he migrated with his parents, Dr Alfred Barker (1819-1873) and Emma (30), and siblings Arthur Llewellyn (1849-1938), farmer, and Richard (1846-1891).

Dr Alfred Barker was a general practitioner and is famous for the photographs he took, which are housed in the Canterbury Museum.

Samuel became a librarian for the Supreme Court and in 1900 was living in Christchurch; he died there in 1901. Brother Richard became a farmer and in 1900 was living in Ohapi.

His other brother, Arthur, also became a farmer and in 1900 was living in Winchester.