John Gerson Eliazer Barry
Married Elizabeth Johanna Magdalena Botha. FROM THE INDEX.
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No family is drawn here, because none is recorded. This archive holds John Gerson Eliazer Barry as a name on a document — a witness at a font, a signature on a form, a person named in someone else's list — and has no record of who their parents, spouse or children were. That is a statement about the sources, not about the person. Every record naming them →
The record
| Name | John Gerson Eliazer Barry |
| Born | 1893 |
| Died | 8 Mar 1941, Barkly East |
| Line | Barry |
| Confidence | Inferred |
What the archive holds
Married Elizabeth Johanna Magdalena Botha. FROM THE INDEX.
The Barrys
…Now dated: dead at Barkly East, having outlived his father by thirty-six years. Harriet Louisa Barry 1894 – 7 Sep 1912 Of Manorowen , Barkly East district — R. P. Barry's farm. Dead at eighteen. Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry d. 21 Dec 1909 Of Cherryville , Barkly East — a third named Barry farm, after Manorowen and Jerpoint. John Gerson Eliazer Barry 1893 – 8 Mar 1941 Married Elizabeth Johanna Magdalena Botha; died at Barkly East. Theunis Christoffel Barry 1895 – 11 Jul 1963 Born Barkly East, died East London. Richard Pieter Kolbe Barry is the one that matters. A Barry born in 1899 carrying both the forename of the man on the Cape Rebel roll and the surname of the 1820 Settler family this archive has spent weeks documenting.…
The documents
…Checked one by one against the register here, nearly all of them were already held: Harriet Louisa Barry , dead at Manor Owen on 7 September 1912; Henry James Kolbe Barry , whose 23 June 1939 is already on his record; John Gerson Eliazer Barry ; James Jonathan Mountjoy , dead at Barkly East on 22 December 1937; and Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe , dead at Manorowen on 2 August 1912. That is worth saying rather than quietly not saying. A sweep that returns almost nothing new is a measurement of how thoroughly the ground was already worked, and this ground was worked properly. The work-list row assumed otherwise.…
The Marriages
…Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha — — John Augustus Barry I 1819, “at sea (exact whereabouts unknown), British” 1903 John Augustus Barry II 13 Mar 1847, baptised 12 Apr 1847 at Graaff-Reinet, entry 80 — John Augustus Barry III 9 May 1873, baptised 9 Jun 1873 at Burgersdorp — John Barry — — 1796 was the OTHER man’s year 1853, de Bruins Poort John Gerson Eliazer Barry 1893 8 Mar 1941, Barkly East Kathleen Mary Barry — — Margaret Elizabeth Annie Barry 30 Mar 1875, baptised 29 Apr 1875 at Burgersdorp — Margaret Mary Bedford — — Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry 1880 1961 Margrith Louisa Maria Barry bapt. 5 Apr 1852, Burgersdorp — Miny Barry 13 Aug 1889, baptised 20 Oct 1889 at Dordrecht — Richard Peter Barry 1866 — from Pama, not from a font — Richard Piete…
The People
…And a caution worth keeping — a Whitby SHIP OWNER is exactly the kind of man whose son could be born AT SEA, which is what John Augustus Barry's death notice says of 1819. That coincidence is not evidence, and the censuses say it is not the same man. Disputed The Barrys Open Questions John Gerson Eliazer Barry Inferred 1893 8 Mar 1941, Barkly East Married Elizabeth Johanna Magdalena Botha. FROM THE INDEX. The Barrys The Register Kathleen Mary Barry Documented — — Named on the 1915 death notice. The Barrys Margaret Elizabeth Annie Barry Inferred 30 Mar 1875, baptised 29 Apr 1875 at Burgersdorp — Carries her grandmother Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Kolbe's first two names. FROM THE INDEX.…
John Gerson Eliazer Barry
…FROM THE INDEX. John Gerson Eliazer Barry 1893 – 8 Mar 1941 Barry No household in this archive names this person, as a child or as a parent. They are here because a record names them, and that record stands alone. Every record naming John Gerson Eliazer Barry → No family is drawn here, because none is recorded.…
The Register
…Apr 1847 at Graaff-Reinet, entry 80 no public link reconstructed by this archive John Augustus Barry III reconstructed 9 May 1873, baptised 9 Jun 1873 at Burgersdorp no public link reconstructed by this archive John Barry reconstructed — — 1796 was the OTHER man’s year · 1853, de Bruins Poort no public link reconstructed by this archive John Gerson Eliazer Barry reconstructed 1893 · 8 Mar 1941, Barkly East no public link reconstructed by this archive Kathleen Mary Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Margaret Elizabeth Annie Barry reconstructed 30 Mar 1875, baptised 29 Apr 1875 at Burgersdorp no public link reconstructed by this archive Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry reconstructed 1880 · 1961 no public link reconstru…
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