William Frederick Thomas Barry
THE OTHER MISSING BARRY CHILD, AND HE IS INVISIBLE FOR THE OPPOSITE REASON TO HIS SISTER. She has no surname in the index; HE HAS THE SAME NAME AS HIS BROTHER. William Fredrik Barry was born 23 August 1853 and baptised at Burgersdorp; this William Frederick Thomas was born 29 SEPTEMBER 1861 and baptised at GRAAFF-REINET, eight years later, to the same parents — “Margaret Wilhelmina Kolbe + John Barry”. A SEARCH FOR WILLIAM BARRY RETURNS THE 1853 CHILD AND STOPS, and nothing in the result says there is a second. BY THIS FAMILY'S OWN PRACTICE THE FIRST WILLIAM MUST HAVE DIED — a baptism is not done twice, which is exactly what this archive concluded about the two Catherine Mary Sophias. The “WILLIAM who appears on nothing else” on his mother's death notice is one of these two and the notice does not say which. ark:/61903/1:1:623R-9MM9 and 1:1:62GJ-SD8Z.. THE ENTRY WAS READ AT THE PAGE ON 9 OCTOBER 2026 — film 008147497, item 4, Graaff-Reinet. Baptism Records 1861–1866, image 190, entry 79. “GEDOOPT 29 SEPT. 1861”: Willem Frederik Thomas, ouders JOHN BARRY and MARGARET WELHELMINA KOLBE. The date is his BAPTISM and the register gives him no birth date, where the entries either side of him both carry one. AND THE WITNESSES EXPLAIN THE PLACE. Get: PETRUS JACOBUS JOUBERT, CATHARINE MARIA SOPHIA KOLBE, RALPH PETER THOMAS, MARIA MAGDALENA PRETORIUS — the second is his mother's own sister, standing beside a Joubert as a married couple does. So this font is not evidence that the household moved back to Graaff-Reinet; it is evidence that a child was christened where its aunt was. AND THE THIRD WITNESS IS WHERE HIS THIRD NAME COMES FROM: Ralph Peter THOMAS, at the font of William Frederick THOMAS Barry
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The record
| Name | William Frederick Thomas Barry |
| Also written | Willem Frederik Thomas, at the font |
| Born | baptised Graaff-Reinet 29 Sep 1861 — no birth date is recorded |
| Died | — |
| Line | Barry |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
THE OTHER MISSING BARRY CHILD, AND HE IS INVISIBLE FOR THE OPPOSITE REASON TO HIS SISTER. She has no surname in the index; HE HAS THE SAME NAME AS HIS BROTHER. William Fredrik Barry was born 23 August 1853 and baptised at Burgersdorp; this William Frederick Thomas was born 29 SEPTEMBER 1861 and baptised at GRAAFF-REINET, eight years later, to the same parents — “Margaret Wilhelmina Kolbe + John Barry”. A SEARCH FOR WILLIAM BARRY RETURNS THE 1853 CHILD AND STOPS, and nothing in the result says there is a second. BY THIS FAMILY'S OWN PRACTICE THE FIRST WILLIAM MUST HAVE DIED — a baptism is not done twice, which is exactly what this archive concluded about the two Catherine Mary Sophias. The “WILLIAM who appears on nothing else” on his mother's death notice is one of these two and the notice does not say which. ark:/61903/1:1:623R-9MM9 and 1:1:62GJ-SD8Z.. THE ENTRY WAS READ AT THE PAGE ON 9 OCTOBER 2026 — film 008147497, item 4, Graaff-Reinet. Baptism Records 1861–1866, image 190, entry 79. “GEDOOPT 29 SEPT. 1861”: Willem Frederik Thomas, ouders JOHN BARRY and MARGARET WELHELMINA KOLBE. The date is his BAPTISM and the register gives him no birth date, where the entries either side of him both carry one. AND THE WITNESSES EXPLAIN THE PLACE. Get: PETRUS JACOBUS JOUBERT, CATHARINE MARIA SOPHIA KOLBE, RALPH PETER THOMAS, MARIA MAGDALENA PRETORIUS — the second is his mother's own sister, standing beside a Joubert as a married couple does. So this font is not evidence that the household moved back to Graaff-Reinet; it is evidence that a child was christened where its aunt was. AND THE THIRD WITNESS IS WHERE HIS THIRD NAME COMES FROM: Ralph Peter THOMAS, at the font of William Frederick THOMAS Barry
- 13 Sep 2026 — A relationship search had turned up two Barry children on neither parent's death notice
It turned up one. WILLIAM FREDERICK THOMAS BARRY, baptised 29 September 1861, was already recorded on William Barry's own page — put there the day the Burgersdorp doopregister was read, with the doubt stated in the same sentence. The search re-surfaced him and this archive wrote him up as a find for about an hour. Only HENRY JAONAS BARRY is new. The section now says which is which, and the header no longer counts him. Where it stands → - 9 Oct 2026 — William Frederick Thomas Barry was born on 29 September 1861
THAT IS HIS BAPTISM DATE, AND THE REGISTER RECORDS NO BIRTH DATE FOR HIM AT ALL. Entry 79 of the Graaff-Reinet baptism register is headed “Gedoopt 29 Sept. 1861” — baptised. The entries on either side carry a birth date and his does not: 78 is geb. 24 April 1861, 80 is geb. 16 Aug. 1861, and 79 is a name with no geb. This archive took the one date on the entry and filed it as a birth, which is the commonest error there is in a baptism register and the easiest to make when an index labels its single date Event Date. What is actually known is that he was baptised on 29 September 1861 and born at some point before it. AND A SECOND THING GOES WITH IT: this archive reasoned from “born 29 September 1861 at Graaff-Reinet” that the household had returned to Graaff-Reinet between Burgersdorp and Dordrecht. The godparents are the mother's sister and her husband. A child is christened where its godparents are; a baptism place is where the font was, not where the family slept. Where it stands →
The Barrys
…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. Jaonas is what a clerk writes when he is not sure, and James Henry and Henry Jonas are not the same man on paper. William Frederick Thomas Barry not new baptised 29 Sep 1861 This archive already had him, and the first version of this section said otherwise. He has been sitting on William Barry 's page since the day the Burgersdorp register was read — "a SECOND William Frederick Thomas was baptised in 1861 and this archive cannot say whether the first died or a clerk erred". The query re-surfaced him; it did not find him.…
The documents
…Child Born Baptised John August Barry — John Augustus Barry II 13 Mar 1847 12 Apr 1847 George Augustus Barry 26 Apr 1850 9 Jun 1850, Graaff-Reinet WILLIAM FREDRIK BARRY 23 Aug 1853 23 October 1853, BURGERSDORP Catherina Mary Sophia Barry — “Kathleen”, the direct line 4 Aug 1859 1859, Graaff-Reinet · and again 25 Dec 1859, Dordrecht William Frederick Thomas Barry a second William — 29 Sep 1861 Frederik Fortunatus Barry 10 Nov 1863 10 Jul 1864, Dordrecht Pieter Richard Barry probably Richard Peter 13 Jun 1866 11 Oct 1866, Lady Grey All from the Dutch Reformed registers, under John Barry and Margaret(ha) Wilhelmina Kolbe — spelled Kolbe, Kolber, Colbe, Colby and Coetzee-adjacent nonsense across seven entries.…
The Marriages
…Aug 1889, baptised 20 Oct 1889 at Dordrecht — Richard Peter Barry 1866 — from Pama, not from a font — Richard Pieter Kolbe Barry 1899 — Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry 7 Oct 1888 — Ruben Jacobus Josuah Barry — — Theunis Christoffel Barry 1895, Barkly East 11 Jul 1963, East London William Barry 23 Aug 1853, baptised 23 Oct 1853 at Burgersdorp — William Frederick Thomas Barry baptised Graaff-Reinet 29 Sep 1861 — no birth date is recorded — Held on 18 inferred · 18 a record read here · 3 an open question. Daschner 15 people Joined by marriage: Joseph Heinrich Daschner & Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 15 named — show every one Name Born Died Albert Alfred Daschner 3 Mar 1927 — Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner — — Edith Dorothy Daschner 20 Jan 1930 — George Downing Daschne…
The People
…He is not on his father's notice, not on the Cape Rebel roll, and nowhere else in this archive. His father's 1903 registration said ELEVEN children; with William there are nine named and two still missing. Estate 1291 The missing two The Barrys Open Questions William Frederick Thomas Barry also written Willem Frederik Thomas, at the font Documented baptised Graaff-Reinet 29 Sep 1861 — no birth date is recorded — THE OTHER MISSING BARRY CHILD, AND HE IS INVISIBLE FOR THE OPPOSITE REASON TO HIS SISTER. She has no surname in the index; HE HAS THE SAME NAME AS HIS BROTHER.…
William Frederick Thomas Barry
…She has no surname in the index; HE HAS THE SAME NAME AS HIS BROTHER.…
The Register
…Ruben Jacobus Josuah Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Theunis Christoffel Barry reconstructed 1895, Barkly East · 11 Jul 1963, East London no public link reconstructed by this archive William Barry reconstructed 23 Aug 1853, baptised 23 Oct 1853 at Burgersdorp no public link reconstructed by this archive William Frederick Thomas Barry reconstructed baptised Graaff-Reinet 29 Sep 1861 — no birth date is recorded no public link reconstructed by this archive ..ak Jacobus Booijsen with: Cornelis Booijsen · Helena Dorethia Potgieter record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ?irk Johannes Booijsen with: Philippus Johannes Booijsen · Jacobus Alwijn Kruger record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reform…
The Timeline
…This archive had read the place as a migration , a return to Graaff-Reinet between Burgersdorp and Dordrecht. It is not: a child is christened where its godparents are. And the date is the baptism; the register records no birth date for him. William Frederick Thomas Barry Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe Graaff-Reinet 25 Dec 1862 Document A baptism at Rustenburg that spells the name this archive got wrong Hendrik Nicolaas Stephanus Booijsen, born 31 January 1862, baptised on Christmas Day at Rustenburg. Father Hendrik Stephanus Booijsen; mother ANNA JOHANNA OLIVIER.…
Others on the Barry side
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