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Alexander Barber

Alexander Barber

Born
1791-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Alexander was born in Glenwhirry in 1791 and was said to have farmed 'Clatteryknowes'. Married to Esther Erskine (1793-1825 Antrim) with 5 children:

William (1810-1859) farmed 'Clatteryknowes', Glenwhirry married to Mary Jane Barclay (1820-1891), 3 children.

John (1812-1891 Antrim/Australia), married twice: Sarah Ann Dinsmore (1818-1847) and Mary Hyndman (1822-1894), 2 + 4 children.

Samuel (1815-1898 Antrim/Australia), married Mary Ann Watt Andrews (1812-1852), 2 children.

Alexander (1819-1907 Antrim/Australia), married Sarah Esler (1832-1900), 8 children.

Mary Ann (1821-1859 Antrim/Australia), married Samuel Adams (1822-1909), 6 children.

 

Associated communities

Antrim

County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.  It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway.  Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015

    Location: Antrim

    36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN

  • 11 Crocus St

    Location: Antrim

    11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland

  • Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

    Location: Antrim

    Co. Antrim

  • Armoy

    Location: Antrim

Timeline events in this community

  • 1850s

    George McFall

    <p>Occupation</p>

    1857-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)

    <p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>

    1840-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

    <p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>

    1825-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

Glenwhirry (Antrim)

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Other ancestors in this community

  • Jane McCord

    Location: Glenwhirry (Antrim)

    Born: 1818-01-01 12:00:00

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Alexander Barber