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Her life
Name Amelia Girdler [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Nickname Emily Birth 15 Mar 1817 Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 
[6, 7, 8] Christening 4 May 1817 St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [9] 
Baptismal Record: Amelia Girdler (1817) Gender Female Residence 4 Oct 1834 Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [4] Census 6 Jun 1841 Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [10] Age: 20 
1841 Census: Kingsclere, Hampshire Census 30 Mar 1851 Old Farm Corner, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [11] Wife Age: 35 
1851 Census: Old Farm Corner, Kingsclere, Hampshire (2) Census 7 Apr 1861 Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [12] Wife Age: 44 
1861 Census: Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire Census 2 Apr 1871 Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [13] Head Age: 55 
1871 Census: Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire Occupation 2 Apr 1871 Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [13] Domestic Census 3 Apr 1881 Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [14] Wife Age: 63 
1881 Census: Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire Census 5 Apr 1891 Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [15] Head Age: 73 
1891 Census: Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire Census 31 Mar 1901 202 Old Street, St Luke, Middlesex, England [16] Visitor Age: 85 
1901 Census: 202 Old Street, St Luke, Middlesex (2)
Parents’ family
Father William Holmes Mother Elizabeth Girdler
Family with William Barnes
Family 1 
William Barnes, b. Bef 1 Aug 1813, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England d. Bef 17 Jul 1869, Kingsclere Woodlands, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England (Age < 55 years) [17, 18, 19, 20]Marriage Banns 14 Sep 1834 St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [21] 
Marriage Banns: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834) Marriage Banns 21 Sep 1834 St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [21] Marriage Banns: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834) Marriage Banns 28 Sep 1834 St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [22] Marriage Banns: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834) Marriage 4 Oct 1834 St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [23] Type: Banns - William Barnes, bachelor; Amelia Girtler. Witnesses: Thomas Foster and Elizabeth Dickens.
Marriage Record: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834) Children 1. William Barnes, b. Bef 28 Nov 1834, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England + 2. Thomas Barnes, b. 3 Aug 1836, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England d. Bef 15 Jan 1875, Portland Place, Wokingham, Berkshire, England (Age < 38 years)3. Sarah Barnes, b. Bef 9 Sep 1838, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 4. Charles Barnes, b. Bef 15 May 1843, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 5. Clara Barnes, b. Bef 4 Oct 1846, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 6. James Barnes, b. Abt May 1851, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Family with Charles Hunt
Family 2 Charles Hunt, b. Abt 1835, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England d. Abt Feb 1885, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England (Age 50 years) [24]Marriage Abt Aug 1876 Newbury, Berkshire, England [25]
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Event Map 
Birth - 15 Mar 1817 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 
Christening - 4 May 1817 - St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Marriage Banns - 14 Sep 1834 - St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Marriage Banns - 21 Sep 1834 - St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Marriage Banns - 28 Sep 1834 - St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Residence - 4 Oct 1834 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Marriage - Type: Banns - 4 Oct 1834 - St Mary’s Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Child - William Barnes - Bef 28 Nov 1834 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Child - Thomas Barnes - 3 Aug 1836 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Child - Sarah Barnes - Bef 9 Sep 1838 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Census - Age: 20 - 6 Jun 1841 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Child - Charles Barnes - Bef 15 May 1843 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Child - Clara Barnes - Bef 4 Oct 1846 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 
Census - Wife,Age: 35 - 30 Mar 1851 - Old Farm Corner, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Child - James Barnes - Abt May 1851 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 
Census - Wife,Age: 44 - 7 Apr 1861 - Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Census - Head,Age: 55 - 2 Apr 1871 - Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Occupation - Domestic - 2 Apr 1871 - Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 
Marriage - Abt Aug 1876 - Newbury, Berkshire, England Census - Wife,Age: 63 - 3 Apr 1881 - Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Census - Head,Age: 73 - 5 Apr 1891 - Old Farm Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England 
Census - Visitor,Age: 85 - 31 Mar 1901 - 202 Old Street, St Luke, Middlesex, England = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Her maiden name, Girdler, is given in the GRO birth index for four of her children and, as Girtler or Girdler, in the index of her 1834 marriage. Identified as the Amelia Girdler baptised at Kingsclere on 4 May 1817, daughter of Elizabeth Girdler, the only Amelia or Emily Girdler found baptised in England from 1808 to 1825. As a widow she was Emily Barnes on Old Farm Road in 1871; an Amelia Barnes married Charles Hunt in the Newbury district in 1876; Amelia Hunt, born Kingsclere, was his wife on Old Farm Road in 1881; Emily Hunt, widow, born Kingsclere, lived there in 1891; and in 1901 Emily Hunt, 85, born Kingsclere, was visiting Clara Hill, born Kingsclere, at 202 Old Street, St Luke.
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Sources - [S5] 1851 Census, HO 107/1684, f. 256, p. 8 (Reliability: 3).
Enumerated as Emily, wife of William Barnes, in 1851 (and as Emley in 1841). - [S7] GRO Index, 1838 Q3, Kingsclere, Vol 7, pg 91 (Reliability: 2).
BARNES, SARAH; GIRDLER
Girdler is the mother’s maiden name in the GRO birth index for her children Sarah (1838), Charles (1843), Clara (1846) and James (1851). - [S2389] Baptismal Record: Thomas Barnes (1836), Kingsclere baptisms 1836, p. 73, no. 579 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2549] Marriage Record: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834), Kingsclere marriages 1813-1837, p. 151, no. 452 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2552] Baptismal Record: James Barnes (1851), Kingsclere Woodlands baptisms 1846-1917, p. 26, no. 202 (Reliability: 3).
Named as Emily, mother of James, in 1851; as Amelia at Clara’s baptism in 1846. - [S1947] Baptismal Record: Amelia Girdler (1817), 4 May 1817, Kingsclere baptisms 1813-1831, p. 43, no. 338 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2849] Bastardy Examination: Elizabeth Girlder and William Holmes (1817), 1817, 19M76/PO7/21, 19M76/PO7/21. (Reliability: 2).
The catalogue describes the examination as concerning the female child, born 15 Mar 1817, of Elizabeth Girlder, singlewoman; Amelia, baptised 4 May 1817, is Elizabeth’s only base-born child. Not yet seen. - [S2850] Bastardy Warrant: William Holmes (1817), 1817, 19M76/PO7/59, 19M76/PO7/59. (Reliability: 2).
Catalogue description: ‘Female childe 15 Mar 1817’. Not yet seen. - [S1947] Baptismal Record: Amelia Girdler (1817), 4 May 1817, Kingsclere baptisms 1813-1831, p. 43, no. 338 (Reliability: 3).
FamilySearch index QPTV-VK6P. - [S368] 1841 Census, HO 107/392/12, f. 20, p. 4 (Reliability: 3).
- [S5] 1851 Census, HO 107/1684, f. 256, p. 8 (Reliability: 3).
- [S42] 1861 Census, RG 9/718, f. 101, p. 6 (Reliability: 3).
- [S46] 1871 Census, RG 10/1246, f. 103, p. 9 (Reliability: 3).
- [S47] 1881 Census, RG 11/1266, f. 122, p. 7 (Reliability: 3).
- [S48] 1891 Census, RG 12/967, f. 95, p. 4 (Reliability: 3).
- [S49] 1901 Census, RG 13/260, f. 53, p. 25 (Reliability: 3).
- [S368] 1841 Census, HO 107/392/12, f. 20, p. 4 (Reliability: 3).
Thomas, 4, in William and Emley Barns’s household at Kingsclere in 1841. - [S2389] Baptismal Record: Thomas Barnes (1836), Kingsclere baptisms 1836, p. 73, no. 579 (Reliability: 3).
Named as Thomas’s parents in the register of his baptism. - [S2551] Baptismal Record: Clara Barnes (1846), Kingsclere Woodlands baptisms 1846-1917, p. 4, no. 27 (Reliability: 3).
Named as Clara’s parents in the register of her baptism. - [S2552] Baptismal Record: James Barnes (1851), Kingsclere Woodlands baptisms 1846-1917, p. 26, no. 202 (Reliability: 3).
Named as James’s parents, William and Emily, in the register of his baptism. - [S2550] Marriage Banns: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834), Kingsclere banns 1806-1885, p. 36, no. 639 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2550] Marriage Banns: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834), Kingsclere banns 1806-1885, p. 36, no. 639 (Reliability: 3).
FamilySearch index QGQG-WVVG. - [S2549] Marriage Record: William Barnes and Amelia Girtler (1834), Kingsclere marriages 1813-1837, p. 151, no. 452 (Reliability: 3).
FamilySearch index QPTV-2WVN. - [S47] 1881 Census, RG 11/1266, f. 122, p. 7 (Reliability: 3).
Named as ‘wife’ of Charles Hunt in the 1881 census. - [S7] GRO Index, 1876 Q3, Newbury, Vol 2c, pg 434 (Reliability: 2).
Barnes Amelia; Hunt Charles; Newbury 2c 434
- [S5] 1851 Census, HO 107/1684, f. 256, p. 8 (Reliability: 3).