Fred J. Barry
Cape Rebel, plaasboer of Ivanhoe, district Barkly East / Wodehouse, tried June 1901 — the same month as Schoeman of Caerlaverock. Relationship to this family unproven; the middle initial does not match Frederick Fortunatus.
Every record naming Fred J. Barry →
No family is drawn here, because none is recorded. This archive holds Fred J. Barry as a name on a document — a witness at a font, a signature on a form, a person named in someone else's list — and has no record of who their parents, spouse or children were. That is a statement about the sources, not about the person. Every record naming them →
The record
| Name | Fred J. Barry |
| Born | — |
| Died | — |
| Line | Barry |
| Confidence | Open |
What the archive holds
Cape Rebel, plaasboer of Ivanhoe, district Barkly East / Wodehouse, tried June 1901 — the same month as Schoeman of Caerlaverock. Relationship to this family unproven; the middle initial does not match Frederick Fortunatus.
Where the archive puts Fred
Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →
The Booyzen Archive
…The claim Where it stands The family were Cape Rebels Yes — but under the other surname Of the 26 Booysens on the roll not one is from this district, and Booyzen returns nothing at all . The surname BARRY had never been searched. It returns four, and two are here: Fred J. Barry of Ivanhoe, Barkly East / Wodehouse, tried June 1901 — the same month as Daniel Willem Schoeman of Caerlaverock , in whose house the family married five weeks later — and Richard Peter Barry of Jerpoint , which is Kathleen Barry's brother's name. Identity unproven; the district is not. The rebels → The spelling was changed to avoid the "joiners" The change is on paper. The spelling was not new.…
The Barrys
…A second of the name died in 1998. This comes from an index and not from an image, and the page says so. But it moves the reading: six names, not five , and a pattern that cannot comfortably be called coincidence. The namesakes → This matters to the rebel question in a small, real way. When the Cape Rebel roll produces a Fred J. Barry of Ivanhoe and a Richard Peter Barry of Jerpoint, the second name is not a coincidence to be waved at — it is a name this family demonstrably used and kept using. It still does not prove the man on the roll is Kathleen's brother, and this archive still marks that unproven . But it does mean the name is evidence of a family, not of an individual.…
The research log
…It is neither: it enters through Anna Catharina Slier's FIRST marriage, to a Pieterzen, and four generations carried a step-relation's name. 9 Sep 2026 Found The family is on the Cape Rebel roll — under Barry Acting at last on the note above. Fred J. Barry of Ivanhoe, Barkly East / Wodehouse, tried June 1901 — the same month as Schoeman; and Richard Peter Barry of Jerpoint, which is Kathleen Barry's brother's name. Identity unproven, district not. 9 Sep 2026 Taken back CORRECTED — a chart with five invented rows The first province chart drew nine provinces. The source reports four; I had filled in the rest to make the picture look complete.…
Everyone
…The Barrys The Documents The Namesakes Ellen Hendrika Barry Inferred 3 mentions 8 Dec 1899 — Baptised 6 June 1900, daughter of Hendrik Nicholaas Barry and Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman. FROM THE INDEX. The Register Fred J. Barry Open 7 mentions — — Cape Rebel, plaasboer of Ivanhoe, district Barkly East / Wodehouse, tried June 1901 — the same month as Schoeman of Caerlaverock. Relationship to this family unproven; the middle initial does not match Frederick Fortunatus. The Rebels Frederick Fortunatus Barry Documented 8 mentions — — Carries the Kolbe given name Fortunatus.…
The rebels
…Richard Peter Barry is Kathleen Barry's brother — the "R. P. Barry" who signed his mother's death notice in 1915 as "Son in whose house deceased died" , at Manorowen, Barkly East . A Richard Peter Barry, plaasboer , is on the roll of Cape Rebels. Fred J. Barry farmed Ivanhoe in Barkly East / Wodehouse and was tried in June 1901 — the same district, and the same month as Daniel Willem Schoeman of Caerlaverock , in whose house this family married five weeks later. Identity not proven The register gives no birth dates and no parents, so the archive cannot yet show that these are the same men.…
The register
…Barkly East no public link reconstructed by this archive Dorothea Regina Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River reconstructed 11 Jan 1892 no public link reconstructed by this archive Ellen Hendrika Barry reconstructed 8 Dec 1899 no public link reconstructed by this archive Fred J. Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Frederick Fortunatus Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive George Augustus Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Harriet Louisa Barry reconstructed 1894 · 7 Sep 1912, Barkly East no public link reconstructed by this archive Hendrik Nicholaas Barry reconstructed — no public link r…
The timeline
…George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen July 1901 The war A wedding in a rebel's house Five weeks after Schoeman was tried, the family marries in his house at Caerlaverock. He signs the register. Daniel Willem Schoeman Caerlaverock June 1901 The war Two men of this district are tried as Cape Rebels Daniel Willem Schoeman of Caerlaverock, and Fred J. Barry of Ivanhoe, Barkly East / Wodehouse. Daniel Willem Schoeman Fred J. Barry Caerlaverock Ivanhoe 18 Dec 1902 Document Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk dies at Dordrecht Hercules Johannes Mountjoy's mother-in-law — the only Cape probate hit that comes up under his name, because his name is written on her form.…
Others on the Barry side
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