Charles Howard Barker

Charles Howard Barker, 1864-1955

  • Born in Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
  • Graduated from University of New Brunswick and finished law training in Victoria.
  • In 1892, went to Nananimo to open a law office for a Victoria law firm and then bought firm himself in 1893.
  • Was married to Suzanne Russell in Victoria in 1894.
  • Appointed to the Couty Court bench in 1909 and retired in 1939.
  • Howard was a County Court Judge (retired).
  • Buried in Nanaimo Municipal  Cemetery, Nanaimo, British Columbia. 
  • Loyalist Ancestor: Thomas Turney, 1754-1840, Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick.