Walter Sidney Barker and wife Emily Sarah

Born:- 2 April 1860 - Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex 4a/277
Died:- 15 July 1920 - West Ham 4a/101
Occupation:- Naval outfitter

Married
Emily Sarah Meadows
2 April 1888 - Poplar 1c/893
All Hallows Church, East India Docks
Witnesses : James Longhurst and Emily Barker
Born:- 9 January 1864 - London City 1c/70
Died:- 17 June 1938 - West Ham 4a/78
Daughter of John Meadows and Sarah Heath

Children
Sidney Henry
Gladys Emily
Louise Olive
Walter Meadows
Winifred Eva
George Wilfred

Addresses
1871- Possibly in the Braintree workhouse at Bocking, Essex; no other likely census entries exist.
1881 - Walter lived with and was apprenticed to, William Bull, a tailor, at 2 Ship’s Terrace, West Ham.
1888 - 32 Aberfeldy Street.
1891 - 81 Freemason’s Road, Canning Town. This was the tailor’s shop.
1901 - 52 Devonshire Road. Custom House. This is the same address as the Heath family.
Devonshire Road was a temporary address from where the Barkers moved to 331 Victoria Dock Road. That address became the home of Louise and Winifred until well into the latter half of the 20th century and the temporary home of Gladys when she returned with her family from Burma in 1930.

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