Marks/Inscriptions: B. 141 Barker Samuel Delabere (1848-1901) was born at Rugby 6.2.48 the The. second son of Gr Barker and arrived with the rest o1 the family in, Charlotte Jane. He was Educ. at X's Coll 54-65 and played f r the school cricket ) In Dec. 64 he was awarded the Dudley Divinity prize . In 65 their father sent Dick and Sam down to ohapi "to do the best they can with it " He found that he and Dich were unable to get on wor king together ion the farm s0 he joined Sealey sur vey aing and was working at Oxford in 69. He had two Sums1rookes in that year oed was not well. His father got him into the h.B.a in Timaru in Ang. 69 . While there he used to ride to Ohapi to see his brother Dich and fandom that they got in perfectly well as long as they wae hst working to gether. In '70 he was las sent over to the W. Coast and there , at Warmed. he was engaged in bringing gold for the Bark. He was paid ) a year with £ 50 9 oldfields Allowance. He left the service of the Bank at Wainga because he could not get on with the man in charge. and returned to wor k at Ohapi f or a time . He was away in the Chatham lands at the time of his fathers death and after he returned he went Dr. Barker s Letter : Framers Bankers Jornal :. X's Coll Sch. hist. : Cyclop N.Z. 11 LT. 17.12.64; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B. 141 S.O. Barker he went travelling with Chudleigh. (It will be noticed that the Barkes were a great travelling family). They went to Australia , across to Sam Francisco ; then across America to England and europe. He came back by the Cape of Good Hope and joined a man called shiers who was going up the East Coast. The two met at Delgado Bay. They travelled in land and were both very ill. Shiers died and sam w recovered sufficiently to nuke his way back to Delig oa Bay . He returned to England suffering hom fever and agee and returned to N.Z. He then rented a form from John Hayhurst and lived at Ky mnerslery (where his sister Mary died) There was a final divis in of Dr Barkes estate and the brothers met at Kori (Francis ; block of Ohapi) Arthur was absent on his homey moon . Mrs Hairdos testers claimed fire t choice and took the Halswell farm and part of the Carlton land. The rest then drew lots for who should have first pic. Dick won and o e selected the Cathedral Square section. The other brothers got parts of the Carlton - Papanui Road section. Wren Rich died in 91 he left Sam £2000 a year for life , the capital then to g to building a Ward in th Timaru LT. 2.4.70.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B. 141 S.D. Barker Hospital. The balance was equally divided among the brothers and Sister. Samm left Temuka in '86 and in '87 was appointed Librarian to the Supreme Court. He was see . to the St John Ambulance and did a great deal more than the rea wood Sec. Signifie . He had been a lay reader at St. Saviours , Temuka. He was a considerable botanist and specialised in nat iy plants and shrubs. He was also Sec. of the Domain Bd. and supervisor of NZ. University cam iat ons held in ChCh. He was a member of the comm . of the ChCh Beau t yug Soc. marr. at St. Peters Ricc. 1.10. 78 Frances Harriett 2' dau of Col. Alexander Lean of ChCh. He d. 17.9.01 aged 53.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B. 141. S.D. Barker b. 4. , family. born. 79. Theodore delabere surveyor 80 Mary Frances. war 82 Hubert Lean went fam in West. Aust. in part with cousin Pal. 83 Vila Constance d. at Marton 10.10.58 85 Alfred. 89 Ronald .91 Leila. Ronald P. 4.11 54 says R. dla Bere Barker wart to school B.H.S and won a special prize there for nature study. After travelling he became a professional elephant hunter in Africa. He did some writing . He lived in the great white Rigidity Delta samoud ed by Banter s with no man near him ; became known as d The Hermit of the Ruf idi. He published a book in the Annals life of the Ruf.dji which has been p translated into Ferc, Swedish, Danish , Swahili.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer