Alfred Charles BARKER


1819 Jan 05	Born in Hackney, London, fifth child, fourth
		son of Joseph Gibbs BARKER and Sarah Pritchett 
		BOUSFIELD. Descended from a 15th century gentry
		family of Aston, Claverley, in Staffordshire.
		Joseph Gibbs BARKER was a wealthy London linen
		merchant turned evangelist. (2)

.... ... ..	Privately schooled at Hereford (2)
1840 ... ..	Entered King's College, London (2)
1845 ... ..	Graduated as a surgeon (2)

1845 Jul 01	Was married to Emma BACON by Rev. William
		Gibbs BARKER, brother of Alfred Charles, at
		St. John, Hampstead (2)

.... ... ..	Practised at Matlock, Bath and Rugby (2)
1850 Sep ..	Sailed out of Plymouth on the Charlotte Jane
1850 Dec 16	Arrived at Lyttelton (2)
1851 Mar ..	Dau Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzy) born at Christchurch (2)
.... ... ..	Registered under New Munster Ordinance (1)
1855-1857	Member of the provincial council (2)
1858 Oct 02	Emma BARKER died (2)
1858 Dec ..	Had achieved the first of a series of successful
		portraits of Anne BOWEN, a close family friend (2)

.... ... ..	Became Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages (2)
1869 ... ..	Resident at Christchurch (1)
1869 Sep 23	Registered as a Medical Practitioner (1)

1872-1873	Contributed papers on Darwinism to the Canterbury
		Philosophical Institute (2)

1873 ... ..	Made an important series of photographs in the
		Chatham Islands (2)

1873 Mar 20	Death of Alfred Charles BARKER (2)


(1) 1870 NZ Gazette: Register of Medical Practitioners 1869
(2) A People's History: Illustrated Biographies from The
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume One 1769-1869