Rebecca Barclay Watson [18348] 2
- Born: 1883 Jul 5, Upper Kintore, Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada 3
- Marriage: Rev. Archibald H Barker [18311] on 1909 Sep 15 in York County, New Brunswick, Canada 1
- Died: 1938 Jul 22, Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada at age 55 3
 FamilySearch ID: LVJV-WD6.
Death Notes:
Excerpts from her obituary, as reprinted in source: " The Korea
Mission of the United Church of Canada suffered a great loss when on
July 22, 1938 Mrs. A.H. Barker passed from her earthly home near
Fredericton, N.B. to join the small band of Korea Missionaries who
have entered the portals of the home beyond.... Coming to Korea in
1911 with her husband, Rev. A.H. Barker, she was fitted by her
natural gifts through training and deep consecration for the work to
which she gave her life. As pioneer missionaries, she and her husband
knew many of the deep privations and physical hardships of those
days.... From the first Mrs. Barker devoted herself wholeheartedly to
the study of the language and to work among women and children in
Church, Sunday Schools and day schools, knowing the work of country
and local station, both evangelistic and educational as few are
privileged to do. She founded the school for girls from which has
grown Myung Sin Girls Lower and High Schools.... After her husband's
death [in 1929], she returned as a worker under the Women's
Missionary Society and her later years were given chiefly to the
Martha Wilson Memorial Bible Training School in which she took the
greatest delight. Although having for years to contend with ill
health she accomplished a great deal, not only in her main work in
the Bible School but also in the local Church and Women's Missionary
Society, a work which will go on in the lives of the women she
trained for service, who have caught something of her spirit of
concentration and devotion to the Master.
Noted events in her life were:
• Occupation: Founded girls school, After 1909, Korea. 3 According to her obituary (from source), "She founded the school for
girls from which has grown Myung Sin Girls Lower and High
Schools...."
• Other: Commission Certificate, The Un, 1929 Jun 6, Sackville, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3 Text of certificate: "To all who read, Greeting in the Lord. This
testifies that Mrs. Rebecca Barker, B.A., having completed the
necessary preparation for Missionary Service required by the Women's
Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada and having been
appointed by the said Women's Missionary Society to work in Korea,
has been duly set apart for Missionary Work by Prayer and other
appropriate service under the authorty of the General Council of
Canada by the Maritime Conference meeting at Sackville on the 6th day
of June in the year of our Lord, 1929; and she is entitled to all the
rights and privileges attached to her office. Commissioned by Toronto
Conference at request of Maritime Conference."
Rebecca married Rev. Archibald H Barker [18311] [MRIN: 7391] on 1909 Sep 15 in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.1 (Rev. Archibald H Barker [18311] died in 1929 4.)
Marriage Notes:
F15933
B4/1909
1102
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