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Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,451 Send Message	Maddie	Report	5 Jul 2025 11:20
	maybe Lydia Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives Last name Barrett Record type Bishop's transcripts Birth year 1752 Register type Baptisms, marriages & burials Age 76 Register year range 1600-1831 Burial year 1828 Record set Yorkshire Burials Burial date 23 Nov 1828 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Place Barnsley, St Mary Subcategory Parish Burials County Yorkshire (West Riding) Collections from England, Great Britain Country England Lydia Country England Last name Binns Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives Birth year - Record type Bishop's transcripts Baptism year 1752 Register type Baptisms, marriages & burials Baptism date 31 May 1752 Register year range 1600-1847 Father's first name(s) Nathan Record set Yorkshire Baptisms Mother's first name(s) - Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Baptism place Bradford Subcategory Parish Baptisms County Yorkshire (West Riding in the West Yorkshire, England, Select Land Tax Records, 1704-1932 View West Yorkshire, England, Select Land Tax Records, 1704-1932 Occupier Name Lydia Barrett Residence Year 1803 Residence Place Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Owner Name Joseph Oldroyd Division Staincross Reference QE13/15/2
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 64,721 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	4 Jul 2025 19:00
	Ignore the Ancestry tree unless documentary evidence is offered in support of the so-called info Looks very ‘iffy’ without death dates for the alleged parents
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,451 Send Message	Maddie	Report	4 Jul 2025 16:19
	Edward Spouse's age 22 Last name Barrett Spouse's parish Keighley Age 22 Spouse's county Yorkshire Birth year 1764 Notes - Residence parish Haworth Document ordering http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/remote-services/copying/order-form Residence county Yorkshire Record sequence number 27 Licence year 1786 Page number 14 Licence date 08 Jan 1786 Record set Yorkshire, Archbishop Of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 Intended marriage place Bradford PC Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Spouse's first name(s) Lydia Subcategory Parish Marriages Spouse's last name Binns Collections from England, Great Britain Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	George	Report	4 Jul 2025 16:14
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	Thank you very much
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,451 Send Message	Maddie	Report	4 Jul 2025 16:07
	Name John Barrett Gender Male Marriage Date 20 Oct 1817 Marriage Place Saint Mary,Barnsley,York,England Spouse Mary Tayler FHL Film Number 919368 Name John Barrett Baptism Age 0 Event Type Baptism Birth Date 19 Jan 1786 Baptism Date 17 Feb 1786 Baptism Place Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire, England Parish as it Appears Barnsley, St Mary Father Edwd Barrett Mother Lydia Barrett
Member Since: November 2006 Posts: 530 Send Message	Jink20	Report	4 Jul 2025 14:25
	A tree on Ancestry suggests the following.. John Barrett 1829–1904 Birth 1829 • Kingstone Place, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Death 8 MAY 1904 • Barnsley South Yorkshire Parents John Barrett 1796– Mary Tayler 1799– Siblings Joseph Barrett 1818– Marianne Barrett 1826– 1841 England Census Name John Barrat Age 10 Estimated Birth Year abt 1831 Gender Male Where born Yorkshire, England Civil parish Darfield Hundred Strafforth and Tickhill (North Division) County/Island Yorkshire Country England Street address:Occupation Registration District Ecclesfield Sub-registration district Darfield Neighbors View others on page Piece 1326 Book 12 Folio 15 Page number 25 Household members Name Age John Barrat 45 John Barrat 10
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	George	Report	4 Jul 2025 10:14
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	Good Morning I am hoping that you might help me find any information regarding John's parents. His baptism was on the 6th Sept 1829 in Barnsley and his parents were John a Weaver and Mary. The baptism record has the surname spelling as Barrat. I am unable to locate John b 1829 on the 1841 census. John Barrat West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 Name John Barrat Record Type Baptism Baptism Date 6 Sep 1829 Baptism Place Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire, England Parish as it Appears Barnsley, St Mary Father John Barrat Mother Mary Barrat 1851 Census if this helps John Barrett in the 1851 England Census Name John Barrett Age 21 Estimated Birth Year abt 1830 Relation Head Spouse's Name Martha Barrett Gender Male Where born Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Civil parish Worsbrough County/Island Yorkshire Country England Registration District Barnsley Sub-registration district Darfield ED, institution, or vessel 1e Neighbors Household schedule number 41 Piece 2333 Folio 284 Page number 10 Household Members (Name) Age Relationship John Barrett 21 Head Martha Barrett 17 Wife John and Martha married in Silkstone in 1850. There is no Father listed for either of the couple.

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