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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 08 January 15 23:43 GMT (UK) »
Circumstancial only Looby  :-\ The 2+2 guesses for now...

The only source that Jay can look to likely will be that 1850 English marriage register entry to try to confirm this Robert's father's name.

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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #19 on: Thursday 08 January 15 23:44 GMT (UK) »
Just noticed folks and could be a co-incidence - but
1851 Eliza Barr (mother) is living in Campbeltown Argyll and her servant is local girl Grace Currie.
1851 Amelia Barr in Glasgow has a Campbeltown born servant Catherine Currie.
Maybe the Currie girls were from the same family ;)

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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #20 on: Thursday 08 January 15 23:54 GMT (UK) »
Would likely make sense if they had a local family from Argyll where the girls worked across the family  :) Well spotted, Looby!

I think for Eliza Houston, apart from 1861, likely census entries are now there for 1841/1851 and 1871.

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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #21 on: Thursday 08 January 15 23:57 GMT (UK) »
Phew... well I think now that Robert Barr and Amelia look like a good bet for being John Barr and Eliza Houston's son and daughter-in-law.
And now I'm off to bed .
Night guys!
Looby :)

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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #22 on: Friday 09 January 15 00:07 GMT (UK) »
Night Looby  :-*

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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #23 on: Friday 09 January 15 00:08 GMT (UK) »
Monteith Row link - that's where David Colville married Janet Barr.
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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #24 on: Friday 09 January 15 00:11 GMT (UK) »
That certainly adds to the circumstantial info for Janet and Robert Barr and their families  :)

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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #25 on: Friday 09 January 15 00:20 GMT (UK) »
Good find Scotsmum. The jigsaw pieces are fitting together.

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Re: Children of Rev John Barr of Houston/Glasgow
« Reply #26 on: Friday 09 January 15 13:57 GMT (UK) »
This suggests Robert's dad was indeed a John:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXJV-5XT

and this Wiki page suggests a Reverand at that:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Woman%27s_who%27s_who_of_America,_1914-15.djvu/65

(Rootschat shrink link wouldn't work on my browser today)

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m. in Kendal Parish Church, Westmoreland, July 11, 1850, Robert Barr, son of Rev. Dr. Barr
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