Thomas and Sarah Barge

[Paul Marshall]

Robert BARGE jnr, Engraver, is in the 1841 census of Salford (HO107/585/4, folio 14, page 21) living at Mottram Street with wife Phoebe.

Took me a while to find this as BARGE was transcribed BAYE!

Married after Banns / 24th November 1840 / Manchester st John's
Robert BARGE / full / Bachelor / Engraver / Manchester / Robert BARGE / Engraver
Phebe STEAR / full / Spinster / Manchester / Robert STEAR / Butcher[?]
Witnesses: Robert STEAR & Sarah STEAR

Paul

[KathNZ]

Thank you all for your input. Yes I do think that the Robert Barge who married Phoebe was probably the witness at Sarah's wedding.
I have also tried to trace all the Barge families through the years in the hope of finding the two children with relations with no luck.

[KathNZ]

Here is an update on the elusive Barge family.

I recently found a second marriage for William Barge soon after the death of his first wife Frances. He married 17 year old Emma Jane Jones, daughter of Ambrose & Mary Ann Jones on September 22nd 1842 in St Chad, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. I have deduced, using the GRO index, that they had the following children.

Frances Elizabeth Barge b 1845 Bath reg. d 1852 Strand reg.
William Henry Robert Barge b 1852 Strand reg. d 1853 Marylebone reg.
Frederick William Francis Barge b 1854 Marylebone reg. d 1858 St Pancras reg.
Louisa Maud Barge b 1858 St Pancras reg. d 1858 St Pancras reg.

Frederick & Louisa are both buried in Victoria Park Cemetery, Hackney – residence 2 Frederick St, Regents Park.

I would be interested if anyone could find baptism records for any of these children to confirm that William & Emma are indeed their parents.

I am sure that Frances is their daughter as I have found the family in 1851 living in Wells St, Marylebone under the name of Barnes. William is a musician & Emma a vocalist. William’s son Thomas is with them as well as 5 year old Frances. Sarah still remains elusive in 1851.

In 1861 William & Emma, still going under the name of Barnes, are in Stockport, Cheshire – William is a vocalist & violinist & Emma is a vocalist.
Thomas Barnes, a 21 year old mariner, is a boarder in Tower Hamlets & Sarah A Barnes is a domestic servant living in Marylebone.

Emma died in 1870 in Yorkshire & is buried in the Burngreave Cemetery in Sheffield.

I can’t find any further information on William after this either on the 1871 census or death or newspaper records, does anyone have any ideas?