Catherine Barton (born Laflin) 1858-?.

Catherine was the daughter of Abraham Laflin and his second wife Mary Ann Halls and was born on 24th March 1858. She was baptised in Ringshall on 30th May 1859.

Catherine Laflin 1858-? 
mar 1879 --------------------------|-Kate M. Barton 1880-?
Shadrach Meschach Barton 1854-?       mar (1)  1902 Ernest Robert Wix ?-1917

She was living in Ringshall with her parents in both 1861 census (when she was 3) and 1861 (when she was 13). She has not been found in 1871.

In the last quarter of 1879, Katherine Laflin married Shadrach Meschach Barton. In the third quarter of 1880, their daughter Kate Mary A.Barton was born at Akenham.

In the 1881 census, they were living at Layham where Shadrack Barton was working as a “groom gardener”. With them was their baby daughter Kate M. Barton.

In 1891, they were living at Melton near Woodbridge and Shadrach was working as a coachman & domestic servant. There daughter Kate was away from home in this census.

In 1901, Catherine & Shadrach M.Barton were living at Woodbridge and Shadrach was working as a coachman. Their daughter Kate M. Barton was living at home. In the third quarter of 1902, Kate Mary Barton married Ernest Robert Wix, who died in 1817.

Sources for this section.

Parish registers for Ringshall - available in Ipswich Record Office.
Information from Family Bibles.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast

Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in January 2008.