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Record #4236

Name :: : Ada Sophia BARKER (1878 - 1896)
aka : Sophia Ada Barker, Sarah
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1878
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 20 Jan 1896 Notes : Pleural Pneumonia

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Peterborough

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 22 Oct 1892
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sardinian
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Ada Sophia Barker: Year of Registration: 1878; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Poplar (To 1965); County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 655.

Barnardos Ups & Downs Magazine, A Monthly Journal published under the auspices of Dr Barnardo's
Homes (Toronto, March 1, 1896, Vol. 1, No. 8.):

"BARKER Ada, age 18, October 1892 party, died at Hastings on January 20. She had been in the employ of Mr and Mrs Adam Humphries since coming to Canada, and is buried at Little Lake Cemetery. Cause: pneumonia. "Strange to say, just 2 days before Ada passed away, the aged grandfather, in the home where she was living, had suddenly met his death through an accident in the same house, so there was, indeed, a sad household during those days."

Ada Barker, shown as Sarah Ada Barker on her death certificate, passed away on January 20, 1896, of pleural pneumonia, 2 weeks duration. She was employed as a domestic servant at the time. She had been a part of Hazlebrae-Barnardo Home, Peterborough Ontario, Canada.

Ada Barker is buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Canada in Grave #2, Lot 5, Range 17 North, Section D. She is buried along with 46 other children who passed away at Hazlebrae House.

Published in the March 1896 edition of the Ups and Downs
Ada Barker, aged 18, whose likeness we here give, and who came out in October '92, passed away to her eternal rest on Monday January 20th. Ada was to all appearance a particularly healthy, strong looking girl, but she seems to have taken cold, and in a short time developed pneumonia, which was the cause of her death. It is with truly thankful hearts we look back on Ada's life, during the few years she was in Canada. She was a good girl, faithful and valued in her work, and loved in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Humphries of Hastings, with whom she lived from her first entering into service in Canada till the day of her death. More then that we have every reason to trust that Ada had committed the keeping of her soul to her blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and that she has now had "an inheritance among all them which are sanctified".

We feel deeply the kindness and interest of the Rev. D. A. Thomson, Presbyterian minister at Hastings, whose Church our young friend attended, and also of Mr. Adam Humphries her master, who was as one mourning for his own child, both these two gentlemen came from Hastings to Peterborough to attend the funeral, for all that was mortal of Ada had been brought home to Peterborough to be laid to rest in Little Lake Cemetery. Mr. Thomson conducted an impressive and hallowed funeral service at Hazel Brae amongst our assembled children, and also a short one at the grave. Strange to say, just two days before Ada passed away the aged grandfather in the home where she was living,had suddenly met with death through an accident in the same house, so that there was, indeed, a sad household during those days.

Pondering over these events, these words came from the lips of Mr. Humphries little child: "Well," she said, "Grandpa's gone to heaven, and Ada has gone to heaven,perhaps they are talking to each other" and we, thinking over her words fell it is but little we know of what those are doing who have passed on before, but one or two things we do know, first, that "in His presence is fullness of joy" and then, that "there the weary are at rest."

To all, even to the young and healthy, there is once more the call. "Be ye therefore ready, for at such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh".

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Last Updated : 2012-03-03 20:22:27 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
26009	BARKER, A	1884	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
4232	BARKER, Ada	1903	ENG,	May 1913 : Victorian	CAN	Refuge Home, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
4236	BARKER, Ada Sophia	1878	ENG, MDX, London	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
5323	BARKER, Alfred	1915	ENG, , Flagborough	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	Salvation Army
10492	BARKER, Charles William	1908	M__,	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10736	BARKER, Elizabeth	1870	ENG,	Jan 1880 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
21836	BARKER, Elsie	1903	SCT, PER	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
5123	BARKER, Frances	1911	ENG, , Fulham	Aug 1926 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
14246	BARKER, George	1884	ENG,	Jun 1899 : Tainui	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18640	BARKER, Harold	1889	ENG, NTT	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
18861	BARKER, J G	1888	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
22019	BARKER, JOSEPH HENRY	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10735	BARKER, Kate	1869	ENG,	Jan 1880 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
20682	BARKER, Margaret	1903	ENG,	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
6155	BARKER, Mary	1887	ENG,	Jun 1894 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
22588	BARKER, May G	1905	ENG,	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
2858	BARKER, Nora	1901	ENG,	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
8219	BARKER, Norrice	1914	ENG,	Sep 1928 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
26482	BARKER, Percy	1890	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10669	BARKER, Richard James	1894	ENG, STS, Hanley	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22283	BARKER, Samuel	1889	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
14437	BARKER, Samuel George	1884	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Vancouver	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
10755	BARKER, Sarah	1873	ENG,	Jun 1880 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
22648	BARKER, Sophia		ENG,	May 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
14158	BARKER, Susan	1887	ENG,	Jul 1899 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
23648	BARKER, Thomas	1911	ENG,	Oct 1925 : Benalla	AUS	Barnardos
22743	BARKER, William Alfred	1893	ENG,	May 1908 : Kensington	CAN	Salvation Army
21626	BARKER, William J.J.	1876	ENG,	Apr 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

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