Brief Life History of Alexander B.
When Alexander B. Barr was born on 17 June 1818, in Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Barr, was 20 and his mother, Grissel Gardner, was 17. He married Elisabeth Stewart on 25 March 1836, in Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Orford, Kent, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 20 August 1898, in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80.
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- Alex B Barr in entry for Marian Maggnia Barr, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Alexander Barr, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Alexander Barr in entry for Charles June Ross and Christiana Maud M Barr, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Spouse and Children
1818–1898 Male
1841– Female
Children (7)
1871– Female
1874– Female
1878– Female
1878– Female
1880– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1797–1889 Male
1800–1880 Female
Siblings (13)
1818–1898 Male
1820–1898 Female
1822–1917 Female
1825–1915 Male
1828–1919 Male
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World Events (8)
1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""
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1843
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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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