Thomas Lugg BARKER [638]

  General Notes:

Baptisms
Parish of St Keverne
Date16-Jun 1832
Surname BARKER
Forename Thomas Lugg
Parish Keverne,
Son
Father John
Mother Loveday
Residence Trevithian
Father Rank Profession Farmer
Transcriber Diane Donohue

Thomas emigrated to Australia leaving Liverpool on the British Trident" in July 1855 arriving Newtown Geelong 3 October 1855,
His parents having emigrated from St Ives in Cornwall. For a long time I thought he was educated in St Ives as I have an algebra textbook inscribed T. Barker, St Ives Gentlemen's Academy. (Margaret Birkinshaw, Fay Weldon's mother, and I went looking for it but it had long since vanished.) - Chris

THE PROSPECTING BOARD RETURNS.
ARARAT DISTRICT.
ARARAT, THURSDAY.
The following Statement shows the amounts applied for from the prospecting vote 1888-9, up to l6th July, l888.
ARARAT DIVISION - Quartz. . . . . Thomas L. Barker, Armstrongs, £500;
Ref: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Fri 20 Jul 1888 Page 9.

Notioe of Application for a Mining Lease,
I the undersigned, hereby give notice that, within six days from, the date hereof, will leave with the Warden, of the Mining Division of Avoca an application for a Lease, the particulars whereof are hereunder set forth:
Name in full of each applicant, with the full address of'each, and style under which it is intended that the business shall be carried on:
Thomas Lugg Barker, Redbank; " Knights of the Trigger Quartz Gold Mining Company."
Extent of ground applied for, and whether on or below, or both, or a Iode:
25 acres ; on and below ; a Iode.
Name of onch person (if any) who is in occupation of the land:
None.
Minimum number of men to be employed:
For the first three months, two men. Subsequently, when in full work, ten men.
Precise locality of the ground:
Waterloo Reef, Moonambel.
Term required:
15 years.
Time of commencing operations:
On granting of lease.
Amount of money proposed to be invested and in what manner the land is to be worked:
£20,000. Steam machinery, sinking shafts and driving.
Whether the boundaries or the land applied for will include any river, creek, deposit of permanent water, spring, artificial reservoir, public roads, or subjoct to any public rights:
None.
General remarks:
None
THOMAS LUGG BARKER.
Date and place- Moonambel, 8th May, 1896.
Avoca Mail (Vic) Tue 12 May 1896 Page 3 Advertising

Notice of Appliciation for a Mining Lease.
WE, the undersigned, hereby give notice that, within seven days from the date hereof, we will leave with the Warden of the Mining Division of Avoca an application for a Lease, the particulars whereof are here under set forth :
Name in full of applicant or applicants and style under which it is intended that the business shall be carried on:
John Clover and Thomas Lugg Barker ; Rocky Gully United Gold Mining Company.
Full address of each applicant:
John Clover, Barkly Street, Redbank; T. L. Barker, Barkly Street, Redbank
Supposed extent of ground applied for, and, whether on or below the surface, or both, or a lode:
30 acres, on and below the surface.
Name and address of each porson (if any) who is owner of and who is in occupation of the land, so far as the applicant has been able to learn:
William Luscombe (holding one man's ground).
Minimum number of men to be employed:
For the first six months, two men. Subsequently, when in full work as many men as can be profitably employed.
Precise locality of the ground:
North of the Golden Hill Claim, Streeters Reef, about four miles north of Redbank.
Term required:
15 years.
Time of commencing operations:
On issue of lease.
Amount of money proposed to be invested and in what manner the land is to be workod:
£2000. Steam machinery and manual labour.
Whether the boundaries of the land applied for will include any river, creek, deposit of permanent water, spring, artificial resorvoir, public road, or subject to any public rights:
No.
General remarks:
Nil.
Date and Place: 18th August, 1899. Redbank.
The minerals for the winning of which this application will be made are:
Gold.
The address for the service of all notices of objection or otherwise is - Barkly Street, Redbank.
(Signature of Applicants)
THOMAS LUGG BARKER
JOHN CLOVER.
Ref: Avoca Mail (Vic) Tue 22 Aug 1899 Page 3 Advertising

Deaths.
Barker. On 16 February, at Ararat, Thomas Lugg, beloved father of T M, New Zealand, G M Footscray, and the late J R, Western Australia, aged 81 years. A colonist of 61 years.
The Age 1 Jan - 31 Mar 1913.

  Research Notes:

Barker Family Tree Ancestry - 2022
By 1870 Thomas had two Hotels (The Royal) one unnamed in Barkly Street Ararat which was only a bullock track and lines of miners tents and small wooden buildings. He also owned two block of land at Snake Valley between Linton & Ararat.
Up until 1879 Collins Street Ararat was the family home.
By 1881 Thomas had sold the hotels and was now living in Vincent Street. The two blocks of land at Snake Valley were sold around 1890.
In 1891 Rate Notice, Thomas was working as a Clerk and still living at Vincent Street where he passed away on the 16 Feb 1913 aged 81 years.
The Death Notice read. Thomas Lugg Beloved Father of Thomas Lugg Mankey Barker of New Zealand, George Mildren Barker of Footscray and the late John Richard Barker of Western Australia. A Colonist of 61 Years.
Story with help from the Ararat Library and the local Historical Society I was able to check old newspapers ( The Mount Ararat Advertiser)

  Other Records

1. Thomas and Louisa Barker & dogs, Cir 1870.

2. Ararat Cemetery: MI.
Loveday Barker nee Mildren Died 1876 Mother
Thomas Lugg Barker Died 1913 Son
Lousia Barker nee Mankey Died 1880 Wife
Catherine Loveday Barker ( School Teacher) Died 1887 Daughter
Edgar Stanley Barker 2 years old Died 1863
Louisa Pricilla Barker 3 years old Died 1866
James 1 year old Died 1867
Dorothy Roberts nee Barker Died 1870
Catherine Oppy nee Barker Died 1865
Edwin Oppy Husband of Catherine - Not Known disappeared in 1867
Loveday Jane Victoria Roberts Daughter 4 years old Died 1865
Stephen Cornwall Roberts Son 2 years old Died 1865
Gilbert Thomas Son Died 1888 Stawell

Thomas married Louisa MANKEY [639] [MRIN: 192], daughter of Tobias MANKEY [2192] and Priscilla BOWDEN [2193], on 21 Apr 1854 in Wendron CON. (Louisa MANKEY [639] was born on 3 Mar 1833 in St Keverne Cornwall Eng, died on 17 Jan 1880 in Ararat Victoria Aust. and was buried in Ararat Victoria Aust..)