Esther Barker (buried 1945)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Barker
First name: 
Esther
Other Christian names: 
Clare
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
1791
Born: 
20/5/1883
Died: 
03/07/1945
Buried: 
07/07/1945
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Esther Barker (buried 1945) headstone
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
14
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Esther Clare who died July 3rd 1945 and of her husband Frederick Rowland Barker M.B.E. Lond. Lieut- Colonel R.A.M.C. retired who died January 20th 1922 Turco-Servian, Turco-Russian and S.African wars.
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Esther Clare Morley was born on 20th May 1883 in Cambridge, she was the eldest child of Felix Wilson Morley, 28yrs, Organist and Teacher of Music, and Sarah Morley, nee Smith, 31yrs. By 1891 Esther, aged 7yrs, had five younger siblings, Rachel 6, Bernard 5, Vincent 3, Adela 2, and Denys 6 months. Esther continued to live with her parents until her marriage in 1913, aged 30yrs, to Frederick Rowland Barker, widower, aged 60yrs, and lived with him in Worthing, Sussex, until his death in 1922. Esther later moved to Hove, near Brighton, and in 1939 was living at 32, Selborne Road, Hove, with her sisters, Rachel Morley, unmarried, and Adela Walton, widowed. She died on 3rd July 1945, aged 62yrs, at 45, Cromwell Road, Hove.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
20/05/1883
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Morley
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Frederick Rowland
Spouse one last name: 
Barker
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1913

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
03/07/1945
Age (at time of death): 
62
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
45 Cromwell Road, Brighton, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Rachel Helen Morley status: Spinster
Probate pounds: 
£20,392

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1891 census: 

Felix W. Morley, 35yrs, Teacher of Music, wife, Sarah, 38yrs, 6 children, Esther7, Rachel 6, Bernard 5, Vincent 3, Adela 2, Denys 6 months, living at 4, Maids Causeway, Cambridge. They employed 1 domestic servant.

1901 census: 

Felix W. Morley, 45yrs, Organist and Music Composer, wife, Sarah, 48yrs, Esther 17, Rachel 16, Adela 12, Denys 10, living at 98, Hills Road, Cambridge, plus 1 domestic servant.

1911 census: 

Felix W. Morley, 55yrs, College Organist and Teacher of Music, Sarah, 58yrs, 3 daughters, all single, Esther 27, Rachel 26, and Adela 22, living at 34, Station Road, Cambridge, plus 1 domestic servant.

1939 register: 

Esther C. Barker, widow, of 32, Selborne Road, Hove, sisters, Rachel Morley and Adela Walton, widow.