BARKER, Charles
Chares Barker was born at Ipswich around 1812 and baptised at St Clement Church, Ipswich on 1 February 1812, son of Charles Barker (1787-24 January 1861), a grocer who was born at Coddenham, near Ipswich, and his wife Martha née Hervey, who was born at Debenham, Suffolk and married at St Matthew's Church, Ipswich on 12 April 1811. Young Charles was a member of the Ipswich Society of Professional & Amateur Artists from 1833, where he was tutored by Henry Davy. Charles married at St Clement's Church, Ipswich on 29 September 1835, Charlotte Bennett (1810-24 August 1896). In 1851, a 39-year-old clerk, living at Back Street, Ipswich with his 39-year-old wife Charlotte and five children, Victoria 14, Charles 10, Emily 7, Ellen 5 and newly born George. By 1871, now a carpenter's storekeeper, they had moved to Clarkson Street, Ipswich with the addition of two more sons, Arthur 9 and John 8. Chares Barker died at Ipswich on 27 January 1876 and was buried in Ipswich Cemetery on 1 February 1876, aged 63, he was survived by his widow.