Alexander B. Barr (1818–1898) • FamilySearch

Alexander B. Barr

17 June 1818–20 August 1898 (Age 80)
Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life 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. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Laurieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Orford, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1881. He died on 20 August 1898, in Duart, Kent, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Alexander B. Barr

1818–1898

Elisabeth Stewart

1818–

Marriage: 25 March 1836

Robert Burns Barr

1837–1882

Jessie S Barr

1846–1916

Grace Barr

1840–

Spouse and Children

Alexander B. Barr

Male1818–1898Male

Elisabeth Stewart

Female1818–Female

MARRIAGE
25 March 1836

children

(3)

Robert Burns Barr

Male1837–1882Male

Grace Barr

Female1840–Female

Jessie S Barr

Female1846–1916Female

Parents and Siblings

Robert Barr

Male1797–1889Male

Grissel Gardner

Female1800–1880Female

siblings

(13)

Alexander B. Barr

Male1818–1898Male

Margaret Barr

Female1820–1898Female

Mary Barr

Female1822–1917Female

Jean Barr

Female1823–Female

John Barr

Male1828–1919Male

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World Events (8)

1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""

Age 2

The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.

1823

Age 5

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1843

Age 25

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

Barr

Alexander

Scottish, English: Derived from Barr, a parish in Ayrshire, Scotland; a local name in Staffordshire

Sources (3)

Alexander Barr, "Canada Census, 1881"
Alexander Barr in entry for Charles June Ross and Christiana Maud M Barr, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Alexander B Barr in entry for Alfred A Tickell and Alexandria Barr, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"

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