henry is the son of william henry barr (cook) and rebecca goldsmith, rebecca b 1821 hellingley dau of thomas goldsmith and kezia townsend, siblings moses goldsmith mar sarah stone, kezia goldsmith mar richard stone both children of thomas stone and elizabeth, both families were shown as hawkers and dealers on various certificates and census, rebecca died 1854 holborn.

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Henry Barr who married Harriet Hughes was a Gorja, story goes that he comitted a crime and was sentenced to transportation. He was put on ship at Southampton but when the ship docked at Plymouth he jumped ship and escaped to Cornwall where he picked up with Harriet. She we are told came out of Cornwall bringing her own tombestone with her for when she died. Funny thing though all her descendants were under the impression that she was a Isaacs before marriage but there is a plaque in Yarley where they are burried that says she was a Hughes so there must be a connection to the Isaacs somewhere in her family. In Cornwall today the Isaacs and Hughes are very much connected. There is a book about Yarley near Wells in Somerset that gives a history of the town going by old newspaper clippings and there is some interesting stories about the Barr family in it. As you know Marice Barr's second wife defince was my granfather Joe Orchard sister. My sister's motherinlaw was a grandchild of Henry and Harriet so am very much connected to these.

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