Joseph BARBER

1836 -

• Name	Joseph BARBER
  Birth	Between 1822 and 1836	Henbury, Cheshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  1841 Census	Lower Withington, Cheshire   [2]
  	At 1841 Census, he is 2
  1861 Census	16, Nixon St., Macclesfield, Cheshire   [1]
  	At 1861 Census, he is 25, occ "Silk Weaver"
  1901 Census	Chorlton District Workhouse, Chorlton, Lancashire   [3]
  	At 1901 Census, he is 62, occ "Inmate", a widower
  Reference Number	V116
  Person ID	I116	VaughanDavies
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Emma REDDISH,   b. Abt 1832, Macclesfield, Cheshire
  Marriage	16 Apr 1857	Prestbury, Cheshire   [4]
  Marriage Note	best match on marriage is Apr qtr 1857, Macclesfield, vol 8a, p159
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1822 and 1836 - Henbury, Cheshire 1841 Census - At 1841 Census, he is 2 - - Lower Withington, Cheshire Marriage - 16 Apr 1857 - Prestbury, Cheshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph is a difficult person to track down. The marriage certificate gives his age in 1857 as 31, so his DOB is 1826. His father is given as Joshua, a cotton spinner. Looking through the baptisms (which of course is not the complete list) identifies a possible baptism on 8 Nov 1822 at Prestbury, Macclesfield, to Josiah, a cotton spinner, and Ellen. The 1861 Census has him as unmarried, and his DOB does not match what is in the marriage certificate. But there appears to be nothing better. So it may be that none of the later censusses are correct, and I have not found a more likely alternative, at any date. See also notes on Emma Reddish.

  
  

• Sources

  [S188] 1861 Census :- 16, Nixon St., Macclesfield, Cheshire. [S419] 1841 Census :- Lower Withington, Cheshire. [S189] 1901 Census :- Chorlton District Workhouse, Chorlton, Lancashire. [S93] Marriage register entry :- Joseph Barber - Emma Reddish (1857).