Brief Life History of Robert Burns
When Robert Burns Barr was born on 23 November 1837, in Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Alexander B. Barr, was 19 and his mother, Elisabeth Stewart, was 19. He married Janet Martin on 14 December 1860, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891 and Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. He died in November 1882, in Cottam, Kingsville, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 45.
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Sources (14)
- Robert Barr in entry for Janet Barr, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Robert Barr, "Scotland Census, 1871"
- Robert Burns Barr, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
Spouse and Children
1837–1882 Male
1839– Female
Children (5)
1869– Female
1876– Female
1878– Female
1880– Male
1884– Male
Parents and Siblings
1818–1898 Male
1818– Female
Siblings (3)
1837–1882 Male
1840– Female
1844–1916 Female
World Events (8)
1838 · Jenners Department Store Opens its doors
Age 1
1843
Age 6
1854 · St. George's Hall
Age 17
Name Meaning
Scottish (Glasgow) and northern Irish (Ulster): habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ or a Brittonic cognate of this.
English and Welsh: habitational name from Great Barr in Staffordshire. This is from Brittonic barro- ‘top, summit’, referring to Barr Beacon; there is evidence that this was known as la Bare in the 13th century.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure, France, or perhaps from Barre-de-Semilly in Manche, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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