- Parents
- Louisa Barber 1881-1974
- illegitimate line
- Grandparents
- Reuben Barber 1849-1932
- Elizabeth Dewsbury 1851-1923
Ernest Herbert 'Bert' Barber.
Ernest Herbert Barber
1902-1985
Ernest Herbert Barber was the first and illegitimate child of Louisa Barber of Witchford, Cambridgeshire.
He worked as a horse keeper on the farmland surrounding Witchford and continued to do this after his marriage to Maude Yarrow of Little Thetford.
During the Second World War he was a member of the Home Guard, stationed at Witchford and later at Coveney, Cambridgeshire.
The identity of his father was never revealed by either him (if he knew) nor his mother and remains a mystery. On his marriage certificate in 1929, "Frank Barber" is given as the name. Frank was a common name for Flanders - the name of his mother's first husband and the name of his brother, although their surname was Hopkin.
Further Details
Born:
15th January 1902, Witchford, Cambridgeshire.
Baptised:
7th September 1902 at Witchford, Cambridgeshire.
Married:
- Maude Yarrow (1899-2004) on 1st April 1929 at Wilburton, Cambridgeshire.
Children
- Pamela Maud Barber
Died:
22nd September 1985 at 11 Manor Court, Witchford, Cambridgeshire, aged 83 years old.
Buried:
With his wife in Witchford churchyard, Cambridgeshire.