| 1. | Robert Barber was born on 12 Aug 1814 in Torthorwald Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; was christened on 14 Aug 1814 in Torthorwald Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (son of Thomas Barber and Janet Hannah); died on 19 Apr 1862 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45401699
- _UID: AA6CC132BDAA4A4EB3C1AAE4F75E519C4C5B
- Immigration-Witness: 1815, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on Brig Atlas in 1815, settled in 1816, wife, 2 sons under 12
- Census: 1851; Canada
- Occupation: 1851; sawyer
- Religion: 1851; Presbyterian
- Residence: 1851; log house, one story
- Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Occupation: 1861, Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
- Religion: 1861, GlenTay (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
- Residence: 1861, GlenTay (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Log house, 1 1/2 stories; two families in dwelling
Notes:
(Research):?i?KGH, Ernest Miller Transcriptions
Scottish Settlers to the Bathurst Area
?/i?Barber, Thomas, Torthorwald, 1784, sailed 11 Aug 1815, Burgess Twp, C10 L8, spouse Janet Hannah.
?i?Scottish Settlers, with Wives and Children?/i? Thomas Barber, 11 Aug 1815, Jannet Hannah, 4 children + Jane born 5 Nov 1817.?i?
Early Settlers to Bathurst District (with Robert Sargeant)
?/i?Sailed from Dumfries on the Atlas. Wife and 2 sons under 12.
Immigrated at 8 Months, on SS Atlas to Quebec.
Name:?tab?Robert Barber
Birth Year:?tab?abt 1814
Arrival Year:?tab?1815
Arrival Place:?tab?Ontario, Canada
Age:?tab?1
Family Members:?tab?Wife Janet Hannah 31; Child Mary 3; Child Robert 1; Child John 6; Child Agnes 8
Source Publication Code:?tab?1640.1
Primary Immigrant:?tab?Barber, Thomas
Annotation:?tab?Date and location of first mention of residence in New World, date and place of arrival, or date of emigration with intended destination. Extracted from records in Edinburgh.Date of emigration with intended destination, a few are date and place of first m
Source Bibliography:?tab?DOBSON, DAVID. Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Volume 1. 1984. Reprinted, 1988. 267p.
Page:?tab?9
Source Citation
Place: Ontario, Canada; Year: 1815; Page Number: 9
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
Christened:
BARBER
ROBERT
THOMAS BARBER/JANET HANNAH FR53 (FR53)
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14/08/1814
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Torthorwald
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Name:?tab?Robert Barber
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?12 Aug 1814
Baptism Date:?tab?14 Aug 1814
Baptism Place:?tab?, Torthorwald, Dumfries, Scotland
Father:?tab?Thomas Barber
Mother:?tab?Janet Hannah
FHL Film Number:?tab?1067971
Reference ID:?tab?2:1647Q4F
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45401699
Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
Transport Atlas, Capatain Turnbull, sailed from Greenock July 11th 1815, and arrived at Quebec September 4th 1815 with 242 passengers, who proceeded in this vessel under the command of Liutenant Champion, of the Royal Navy, Agent for Transports. Ages shown are ages at time of deposit paid which ranged from April to June 1815. (No. is the list position on the master list of settlers; maiden name of married females is shown in goven name colum within ( ); if married or single status indicated, this is shown in occupation column as (m) or (s); destination for the majority was "U" Upper Canada, for those destined to "L" Lower Canada an "L" is placed in the remarks column; place of residence may include information from both master and arrival lists; majority of Passengers are Scottish, with Irish and English passengers noted in the remarks column; # in remarks colum indicates position on arrival list)
#18 Barber
Thomas, age 35, (m) tailor, Torthorwald (Dumfries), paid L18.02, #13
Janet (Hannah), wife, Torthorwald
Agnes, 8, daughter, Torthorwald
John, 6, son, Torthorwald
Mary, 2 3/4, daughter, Torthorwald
Robert, 8 mos., son, Torthorwald
Party of 1 man, 1 woman, 3 males under 12 years, 2 females under 12 years
Former residence Dumfries arrived on ship 'Atlas' in 1815
located at Burgess R. Twp. [Ontario], Conc. 10, lot W8 on 7 April 1816.
Thomas Barber?tab?
Janet Hannah Barber?tab?Wife
John Barber?tab?Child
Mary Barber?tab?Child
Agnes Barber?tab?Child
Robert Barber?tab?Child
Census:
Flamboro West Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:
Flamboro West Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
Religion:
Flamboro West Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
Residence:
Flamboro West Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
Residence:
Although the census indicates 2 families living in the dwelling, no listing appears to match. I suspect they had boarders, workers at the mill, who were recorded elsewhere.
Buried:
Birth: ?tab?Aug. 12, 1814, Scotland
Death: ?tab?Apr. 19, 1862
Ontario, Canada
Robert Barber was born 12 August 1814 in Torthwald, Dumfries Scotland, and died 19 April 1862 in Bathurst Twp., Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. He was buried 20 April 1862 in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Ontario. He married Belle (Isabella) Dodds 25 April 1839 in First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Ontario, daughter of Alexander Dodds and Sarah Smith. She was born 1824 in Scotland, and died 1884 in at her residence, Glen Tay,Bathurst Twp., Lanark Co.. She was buried 3 February 1892 in McCulloch plot, Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Ontario.
Robert married Isabella "Belle" Dodds on 26 Apr 1839 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Isabella (daughter of Alexander Dods and Sarah Smith) was born on 13 Jun 1819 in Berwick-on-Tweed, Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England; died on 1 Feb 1892 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Married:
Robert Barber, Burgess Twp when married
Register of Marriages, Presbyterian Church, Perth, Wm. Bell, Minister
On the 26th of April 1839, I married by special licence, from the Lt. Governor, Robert Barber, of the Township of Burgess, to Isabella Dodds, of the Township of Bathurst. Witnesses: John Allen, Ralph Davidson.
Children:
- Thomas C. Barber was born on 11 Feb 1841 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Nov 1911 in Ely, St Louis, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Echo City Cemetery, Echo, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States.
- Alexander Barber was born on 17 Apr 1842 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Jul 1922 in Seattle, King County, Washington, United States.
- Robert Barber was born about 1843 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Jul 1922 in Seattle, King County, Washington, United States.
- Sarah Ann "Annie" Barber was born on 6 Jan 1847 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Dec 1930 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Janet "Jessie" Barber was born about 1850 in West Flamboro Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Sep 1928 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Isabella "Belle" Barber was born about 1852 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Aug 1886 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Margaret Barber was born about 1854; died on 16 Jun 1892 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Agnes "Aggie" Barber was born on 14 Nov 1858; died on 21 Nov 1943 in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 23 Nov 1943 in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
- Mary Jane "Minnie" Barber was born on 24 Jan 1861; died on 18 Jan 1929 in Sharbot Lake, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Ralph Dodds Barber was born on 10 Apr 1862 in Glen Tay, (Adamsville), Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Dec 1933 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States; was buried in Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga County, New York, United States.
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1814 - 1862 (47 years)
