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| RiD No.: | 1680 |
| Birth | 1841 (approx.) | St Helena, Ascention Islands |
| St Helena is the island where Napoleon was exiled | ||
| Census | 1851 (age 9-10) | Ipswich, Suffolk |
| Navarre Street, Ipswich The following is a transcript of the 1851 census for the Barr family in Ipswich, The original census return has not yet been examined: Peter Barr / Head / Male /occ Innkeeper / Chelsea pensioner / 43 / Woolwich, Kent Susanna Barr / Wife / Female / 41 / Woolwich, Kent Caroline A Barr / Daughter / Female / 19 / Ireland Ballincollig Charles A Barr / Son / Male / occ Solicitor general Clerk /17 / Ireland Ballincollig Harriette E Barr / Daughter / Female / 15 / Ireland Ballincollig Emma E Barr / Daughter / Female / 13 / St Helena Alfred A Barr / Son / Male / 10 / St Helena Agnes M Barr / Daughter / Female / 6 /Woolwich, Kent |
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Somewhat unusually, Alfred and Emma Barr are both recorded in censuses as being born in St Helena in 1841 and 1839 repectively.
St Helena is most famous for the imprisonment of Napoleon Bonapart between 1815 and his death in 1821. The British East India Company governed the islant between 1821 and 1833 when the East India Act passed control if the Island back to the British Crown.
In 1840, a British naval station was established to suppress the African slave trade was based on the island, and between 1840 and 1849 over 15,000 freed slaves, known as "Liberated Africans", were landed there.
In the 1851 census, Arthur and Emma's father, Peter Barr, shows his occupation as "inkeeper and Cheleas Pensioner", indicating that he had served in the army (or navy?) in his earlier years. He must therefore have served on St Helena sometime between 1837 (when his daughter Harriette was born in Ireland) and 1845 (when daughter Agnes was born in Woolwich)