Third Generation

19. John OLDALE was born on 16 August 1780 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died before 1840 at the age of 60 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was christened at Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield, on August 2, 1782, son of James and Elizabeth Oldale???? He was a cutler.

He doesn't appear in the 1841 Census, so assume he was dead by then. His wife, Lydia, appears.

John OLDALE and Lydia BARKER were married on 28 March 1809 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.²² Lydia BARKER, daughter of John BARKER and Elizabeth MAY, was born on 9 June 1792 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1870 at the age of 78 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. In the 1841 Census, Lydia, 50, was living at Moore St. in Ecclesall Bierlow, with Henry, 20, Eliza, 15, Charles, 15, and Elizabeth, 2 mos. (two families together?). Further down the page is another Lydia Oldale, 50, listed next to Jno. Barker, 79. There were several other families listed on the page -- James and Hannah Abbott, Charles and Mary Foundain and family, Ann Richards 50 and daughter Elizabeth 19. Hannah who married James Abbott was the daughter of Joseph Oldale and Mary Beighton. Mary, who was born 23 Sept. 1812, was also the daughter of Joseph and Mary.

Lydia was living at 2 Moor St., Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, with her son, Charles, 25, at the time of the 1851 Census. Both were born in Sheffield.

Was John Barker, b. abt. 1792, living at 112 Button Lane, Ecclesall Bierlow, with his family at the time of the 1851 Census, her brother?

Lydia Barker, child of John and Elizabeth Barker, christened July 1, 1792 (IGI). A John Barker married Elizabeth May September 17, 1789, at Spofforth, Yorkshire (IGI #6909834).

Chris Meaker's web site http://www1.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=jmlevesley&view=0&pid=109&rand=53193 gives John Barker and Elizabeth unknown as her parents. In 1841 Census, widowed and living at Moore Street. Christine Nash has Lydia's birth date as July 1792.

John OLDALE and Lydia BARKER had the following children: