James Henry Barry
SETTLED, 14 September 2026, and it removes a candidate rather than adding one. The HENRY JAONAS BARRY who turned up on 13 September — “baptised at twenty years old” in 1868, and briefly a candidate for a tenth child — IS THIS MAN. The same event is indexed twice: once as Henry Jaonas Barry, baptism 13 Nov 1868, and once as HENNERY JAMES BERRY, baptism 13 Nov 1848. Same birth date of 13 July 1848, same parents, same collection, and FamilySearch attaches BOTH to one tree person, James Henry Barry 1848–1939. The volume decides the year on its own: the register is “GRAAFF-REINET. BAPTISM RECORDS 1846–1851”, and a baptism of 1868 cannot sit in a book that closes in 1851. So he was baptised at four months, not at twenty, AT GRAAFF-REINET — not at Cape Town or Tulbagh, which is what both index entries say for the place. The birth-spacing argument made against him held: his brother John Augustus II was born 13 March 1847 and he was born sixteen months later. THE IMAGE HAS BEEN LOCATED AND NOT READ — identifier apid:TH-909-70517-31299-17. Named on the 1915 death notice, which he swore himself. The index now dates him: born about 1847, dead at Barkly East on 23 June 1939, having outlived his father by thirty-six years. BUT THAT YEAR CANNOT STAND. His brother John Augustus Barry II was born 13 MARCH 1847 off a register, and “about 1847” here is not a date at all — it is an age worked back from the 1939 death. Two brothers cannot share it. A relationship search on his mother's surname turned up a HENRY JAONAS BARRY born 13 July 1848 and baptised at twenty, which is where a next child belongs; whether that is this man under a clerk's ear is UNPROVED and the register is unread.
The record
| Name | James Henry Barry |
| Also written | Henry Jaonas Barry · Hennery James Berry (both 1848 index entries) |
| Born | 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet |
| Died | 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East |
| Line | Barry |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
SETTLED, 14 September 2026, and it removes a candidate rather than adding one. The HENRY JAONAS BARRY who turned up on 13 September — “baptised at twenty years old” in 1868, and briefly a candidate for a tenth child — IS THIS MAN. The same event is indexed twice: once as Henry Jaonas Barry, baptism 13 Nov 1868, and once as HENNERY JAMES BERRY, baptism 13 Nov 1848. Same birth date of 13 July 1848, same parents, same collection, and FamilySearch attaches BOTH to one tree person, James Henry Barry 1848–1939. The volume decides the year on its own: the register is “GRAAFF-REINET. BAPTISM RECORDS 1846–1851”, and a baptism of 1868 cannot sit in a book that closes in 1851. So he was baptised at four months, not at twenty, AT GRAAFF-REINET — not at Cape Town or Tulbagh, which is what both index entries say for the place. The birth-spacing argument made against him held: his brother John Augustus II was born 13 March 1847 and he was born sixteen months later. THE IMAGE HAS BEEN LOCATED AND NOT READ — identifier apid:TH-909-70517-31299-17. Named on the 1915 death notice, which he swore himself. The index now dates him: born about 1847, dead at Barkly East on 23 June 1939, having outlived his father by thirty-six years. BUT THAT YEAR CANNOT STAND. His brother John Augustus Barry II was born 13 MARCH 1847 off a register, and “about 1847” here is not a date at all — it is an age worked back from the 1939 death. Two brothers cannot share it. A relationship search on his mother's surname turned up a HENRY JAONAS BARRY born 13 July 1848 and baptised at twenty, which is where a next child belongs; whether that is this man under a clerk's ear is UNPROVED and the register is unread.
The Barrys
…The reasoning below is left standing because the archive argued itself to the right answer before the record confirmed it. HENRY JAONAS BARRY IS JAMES HENRY BARRY. The same baptism is indexed twice. One entry reads Henry Jaonas Barry, baptism 13 Nov 1868 ; the other reads Hennery James Berry, baptism 13 Nov 1848 . Both give the birth as 13 July 1848 , both name John Barry and Margret Willemina Kolbe , both sit in the Cape Town Archives DRC collection, and FamilySearch attaches both to one tree person — James Henry Barry, 1848–1939 , which is this archive's man, dead at Barkly East on 23 June 1939. The volume settles the year without the image being read.…
…And the register search that found Jonas nowhere among the Barrys or Kolbes was pointing at the truth: it was never a family name, it was a clerk's James . The withdrawal → The name as indexed Dates What it might be Henry Jaonas Barry born 13 Jul 1848 baptised 13 Nov 1868 Baptised at twenty years old , which is itself unusual enough to be worth the image. Indexed twice, once to Cape Town and once to Tulbagh — both a long way from this family's Cape midlands. It may not be a new child: this archive holds a James Henry Barry , born about 1847, who died at Barkly East on 23 June 1939.…
…Death certificate, 1903 "An Irishman born in Ireland" Recorded by the Cape Mounted Rifles , then the authority in the district, stationed at Johnson's Leap — and dated two months after his death. Document, 29 March 1915 "At sea, exact whereabouts unknown. British." Signed by his second son James Henry Barry . It also names his father as John Barry and his mother's maiden name as "Neagle" — almost certainly Nagle , of County Cork. The tree's own guess Sunderland, Durham Offered with a question mark and no source. The note's own conclusion is a question: if he was born on the high seas with the 1820 Settlers , who were his parents? The 1820 Settler hypothesis does not survive arithmetic.…
What changed
…It is not a Barry name. It never was. The tenth Barry child was the ninth all along · Method Yesterday's one new name is withdrawn. Henry Jaonas Barry is James Henry Barry — one baptism indexed twice, the year read as 1868 on one entry and 1848 on the other, and the register's own title, Graaff-Reinet Baptism Records 1846–1851, rules out 1868 without needing the image.…
The documents
…Nine children, and one of them is new Question ten, entire. John · Richard Peter · James · Henry · George · Frederick · WILLIAM · Catharina · Margaret — “all majors”. 1915, hers 1915, his (estate 925) John John Augustus Barry ✓ Richard Peter Richard Peter Barry ✓ James James Henry Barry ✓ Henry Henry Nicholas Barry ✓ George George Augustus Barry ✓ Frederick Frederick Fortunatus Barry ✓ Catharina Kathleen Mary Boyson, born Barry ✓ Margaret Margaret Mary Bedford, born Barry ✓ WILLIAM — not on it — NEW “Eight is not eleven” becomes “nine is not eleven”. John Barry’s 1903 registration answers the printed question “the total number of children deceased has had” with ELEVEN .…
The households
…His 1903 registration says they had ELEVEN children; his own death notice names EIGHT; HER death notice, estate 1291, names NINE. The ninth is WILLIAM, who appears on nothing else. Two are still missing. The Barrys 10 children John Augustus Barry II · b. 13 Mar 1847 William Barry · b. 23 Aug 1853 James Henry Barry · 13 Jul 1848 – 23 Jun 1939 George Augustus Barry · b. 26 Apr 1850 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry Frederick Fortunatus Barry · b.…
Open questions
…William Fredrik's 1853 entry is at image 54 and the 1866 entries are at image 528, so about 36 images a year, putting the gap at roughly images 70 to 250. There is no name index at the back. That is a sequential browse of some 150 images, not a search, and it has not been done. RESOLVED 14 SEPTEMBER, AGAINST THE CANDIDATE: Henry Jaonas Barry IS James Henry Barry, already in this archive. One baptism indexed twice — 1868 on one entry, 1848 on the other — same birth date, same parents, both attached in the FamilySearch tree to James Henry Barry 1848-1939. The register is titled Graaff-Reinet Baptism Records 1846-1851, which cannot hold an 1868 entry.…
…Two things pull against each other on it. FOR a new child: John Augustus II was born 13 March 1847 off a register, so James Henry Barry's “about 1847” — an age worked back from his 1939 death — cannot stand, and 13 July 1848 is exactly where a next child belongs. AGAINST: this family reuses forenames relentlessly, and JONAS appears nowhere among the Barrys or Kolbes in this archive's 3,653 distinct names.…
Everyone
…FROM THE INDEX. The Barrys What Was Searched James Henry Barry also written Henry Jaonas Barry · Hennery James Berry (both 1848 index entries) Documented 85 mentions 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East SETTLED, 14 September 2026, and it removes a candidate rather than adding one. The HENRY JAONAS BARRY who turned up on 13 September — “baptised at twenty years old” in 1868, and briefly a candidate for a tenth child — IS THIS MAN.…
…The HENRY JAONAS BARRY who turned up on 13 September — “baptised at twenty years old” in 1868, and briefly a candidate for a tenth child — IS THIS MAN. The same event is indexed twice: once as Henry Jaonas Barry, baptism 13 Nov 1868, and once as HENNERY JAMES BERRY, baptism 13 Nov 1848. Same birth date of 13 July 1848, same parents, same collection, and FamilySearch attaches BOTH to one tree person, James Henry Barry 1848–1939. The volume decides the year on its own: the register is “GRAAFF-REINET. BAPTISM RECORDS 1846–1851”, and a baptism of 1868 cannot sit in a book that closes in 1851.…
…The same event is indexed twice: once as Henry Jaonas Barry, baptism 13 Nov 1868, and once as HENNERY JAMES BERRY, baptism 13 Nov 1848. Same birth date of 13 July 1848, same parents, same collection, and FamilySearch attaches BOTH to one tree person, James Henry Barry 1848–1939. The volume decides the year on its own: the register is “GRAAFF-REINET. BAPTISM RECORDS 1846–1851”, and a baptism of 1868 cannot sit in a book that closes in 1851. So he was baptised at four months, not at twenty, AT GRAAFF-REINET — not at Cape Town or Tulbagh, which is what both index entries say for the place.…
Alida Eduarda Barry
…A NIECE OF THE SAME NAME was baptised Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River 11 Jan 1892 – — Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry 7 Oct 1888 – — Ellen Hendrika Barry 8 Dec 1899 – — Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.…
Alida Jacoba van Ellinckhuizen
…A NIECE OF THE SAME NAME was baptised Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River 11 Jan 1892 – — Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry 7 Oct 1888 – — Ellen Hendrika Barry 8 Dec 1899 – — Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.…
Anton Rector Kolbe Barry
…A NIECE OF THE SAME NAME was baptised Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River 11 Jan 1892 – — Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry 7 Oct 1888 – — Ellen Hendrika Barry 8 Dec 1899 – — Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.…
Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry
…20 Jun 1889 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 inferred George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 direct line 9 siblings John Augustus Barry II b. 13 Mar 1847 William Barry b. 23 Aug 1853 James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848 – 23 Jun 1939 George Augustus Barry b. 26 Apr 1850 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry Frederick Fortunatus Barry b. 10 Nov 1863 Richard Peter Barry Margaret Mary Bedford Kathleen Mary Barry the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 17 of the 22 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Catherine Mary Sophia Barry of 1871
…A NIECE OF THE SAME NAME was baptised Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River 11 Jan 1892 – — Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry 7 Oct 1888 – — Ellen Hendrika Barry 8 Dec 1899 – — Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.…
Charles Petrus Barend Lowies
…On whose word a record read here Named together on two baptisms at Rustenburg, in 1889 and 1894.… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …ng River 11 Jan 1892 – — Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry 7 Oct 1888 – — Ellen Hendrika Barry 8 Dec 1899 – — Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.… Charles Petrus Barend Lowies …ge is available.… Dirk Jacobus Pretorius …Front: a small girl of about four — Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (b. 3 Oct 1905).… Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman …The Barrys The Documents The Namesakes Ellen Hendrika Barry Inferred 81 mentions 8 Dec 1899 — Ba…
Clarence Barry
…A NIECE OF THE SAME NAME was baptised Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River 11 Jan 1892 – — Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry 7 Oct 1888 – — Ellen Hendrika Barry 8 Dec 1899 – — Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.…
Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross
…The households …Filter — a name, a place, a year… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …anna Elena Stols b.… Dirk Jacobus Pretorius …inckhuizen …… Aletta Catharina Joh… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …0, daughter of Hendrik Nicholaas Barry and Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman.… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …heir son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.… Coenrad Sybert van Staden …19 May 1863… Coenrad Sybert van… Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross …ried… Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross …Atlas Evidence Method What Change… Charles Petrus Barend Lowies …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 record… Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl …She came to this ma…
Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry
…FROM THE INDEX. The Barrys The Women The Register Every mention, page by page The Barrys …Married Maria Magdalena Siebert. James Henry Barry c. 1847 – 23 Jun 1939 He swore his father's 1915 death notice. Now dated: dead at Barkly East, having outlived his father by thirty-six years. Harriet Louisa Barry 1894 – 7 Sep 1912 Of Manorowen , Barkly East district — R. P. Barry's farm. Dead at eighteen. Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry d. 21 Dec 1909 Of Cherryville , Barkly East — a third named Barry farm, after Manorowen and Jerpoint.…
Daniel Willem Schoeman
…(born Marais) 2.… The households …Filter — a name, a place, a year… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …anna Elena Stols b.… Dirk Jacobus Pretorius …inckhuizen …… Aletta Catharina Johanna Venter …31 Jan 1862 – 14 May 1891 This archive filed her for a week as a stranger called Anna Joh… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …'s 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.… Coenrad Sybert van Staden …Christiaan Jac… Diederik Arnold… Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross …harles Petrus Barend Lo… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …J… Others on the Mo…… Daniel Willem Schoeman …retha Aletta Mountjoy t… David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 …about June 1828.… Char…
David Kolbe Booyzen
…t van Staden …Step-child of David Schalk Booy… Cornelia E… David Kolbe Booyzen …the younger …inc building in Market… David Schalk Booysen …harles Mountjoy …harina Johanna Vente… David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 …neither image is available.… Dirk Jacobus Pretorius …ive did not have until her son’s 19… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …ark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.… Coenrad Sybert van Staden …19 May 1863… Coenrad Sybert van… Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross …ried… Cornelia Elizabet… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …d W… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …David Kolbe Booyzen …hia Barry of 1871 …2… Charles Petru…… David Schalk Booijzen…
David Schalk Booijzen the younger
…n the younger …inc building in Market… David Schalk Booysen …harles Mountjoy …harina Johanna Vente… David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 …neither image is available.… Dirk Jacobus Pretorius …ive did not have until her son’s 1… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …arina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23… Edith Dorothy Daschner …ive has read. The 1942 Daschner notice → Married at Indwe — the same village where her father died in 1905.… Coenrad Sybert van Staden …indexed and ne… Dirk Jacobus Pretorius …orius (b.… Elesabettha M… Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross …hod What Change… Charle… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …n …hia Barry of 187…
David Schalk Booyzen of 1940
…erwe …Both entries are indexed and ne… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …ons 8 Dec 1899 — Baptised 6 Jun… Dirk Jacobus Pretorius …her on two baptisms at Rustenburg,… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …8 – — Ellen Hendrika Barry 8 Dec 1899 – — Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, b… Edith Dorothy Daschner …child of David Schalk Booysen, who married their widowed mother a month after she signed that notice.… Charlotte Kolbe …Marian Kolbe Of the London Kolbes.… Charles Mountjoy …LE, Barkly East — a third named Barry farm, after Manorowen and Jerpoint.… David Schalk van der Merwe …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 · Johanna b.… Edith Dorothy Daschner ….… David Schalk Booyze…
David Schalk van der Merwe
…he Women Elizabetha van der Merwe Documented 153 mentions — — The second wife of Petrus Jacobus Booysen (b.… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …1908 On whose word a record read here Named together on two baptisms at Rustenburg, in 1889 and 1894.… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Bark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.… Coenrad Sybert van Staden …89 Booyzen married Stephanus Francois Booyzen c.… Cecil Frederik Keys …Parents Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… David Schalk van der Merwe …cord Johanna Elena Stols b.… D… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …arles Petrus Barend Lowies …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 reco…
Diederik Arnoldus Booysen
…les Petrus Barend Lowies …c.… David Schalk van der Merwe …The Women Elizabetha van der Merwe Documented 153 mentions — — The second wife of Petrus Jacobus Booysen (b.… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …1908 On whose word a record read here Named together on two baptisms at Rustenburg, in 1889 and 1894.… Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River …ark James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848, baptised 13 Nov 1848 at Graaff-Reinet – 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Richard Peter Barry Kathleen's brother.… Coenrad Sybert van Staden …89 Booyzen married Stephanus Francois Booyzen c.… Cecil Frederik Keys …Parents Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… David Schalk van der Merwe …cord Johanna Elena Stols b.… D… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …arles Petrus Barend Lowies …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 reco…
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