Richard Peter Barry
Kathleen's brother. Signed his mother's 1915 death notice as "Son in whose house deceased died", at Manorowen, Barkly East. A Richard Peter Barry, plaasboer of Jerpoint, is on the Cape Rebel roll — same name, right region, identity not proven.
The record
| Name | Richard Peter Barry |
| Born | — |
| Died | — |
| Line | Barry |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
Kathleen's brother. Signed his mother's 1915 death notice as "Son in whose house deceased died", at Manorowen, Barkly East. A Richard Peter Barry, plaasboer of Jerpoint, is on the Cape Rebel roll — same name, right region, identity not proven.
Where the archive puts Richard
Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →
The Booyzen Archive
…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
…Then look at what those eleven grandchildren are called: Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner — Kathleen's own name, third generation running Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette Daschner — the Barry name that also runs down the Pretorius side of this family and reaches Maggie Booyzen in 1926 Richard Peter Daschner — for Kathleen's brother Richard Peter Barry of Manorowen Henry James Daschner — for her brother Henry James Booyzen William Herman Daschner — for her father Willem Hermanus Five of eleven. The Barrys stop being a surname in this archive in 1859 and go on being a set of first names for another eighty years.…
The documents
…Catherine Mary Sophia is her own name, and her mother's before her — Kathleen Barry , born 1859. Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth is the Barry name that runs down the other side of this family too. William Herman is Willem Hermanus , her father. Richard Peter is her uncle, Richard Peter Barry . Henry James is her brother. Five of eleven Daschner children carry Booyzen and Barry names. The surname leaves the family in one generation. The names do not. This is the same evidence the archive uses on the name and in the cousin marriage : in this family, forenames are inherited property, and they travel through daughters as reliably as surnames travel through sons.…
The households
…His 1903 registration says they had ELEVEN children; the 1915 notice names EIGHT. Three are missing and this archive cannot name one of them. The Barrys 9 children John Augustus Barry II James Henry Barry · c. 1847 – 23 Jun 1939 George Augustus Barry Hendrik Nicholaas Barry Frederick Fortunatus Barry Richard Peter Barry Margaret Mary Bedford Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry · 1859 – 1940 (the direct line) Kathleen Mary Barry Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Anna Maria van der Merwe Petrus c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 · Anna 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 On whose word the family tree Married 1805 at Graaff-Reinet, on the family tree.…
The research log
…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. It now draws four, and a province the source does not report is a gap with a dash rather than a zero bar.…
The namesakes
…Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld born Daschner The Barry name that also runs down the Pretorius side and reaches Maggie Booyzen in 1926. William Herman Daschner b. c. 1915 For his grandfather Willem Hermanus. Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 For his great-uncle Richard Peter Barry of Manorowen. Henry James Daschner b. 25 Feb 1932 For his uncle Henry James Booyzen. George Downing Daschner born and buried 1925 AND GEORGE DOWNING TOO — buried at Brixton, Johannesburg, the year he was born. A second of the name died in 1998. Six of eleven children.…
Open questions
…P. Barry who signed his mother's 1915 death notice at Manorowen, Barkly East; plus Adolf Barry of Keimoes and Thomas Andrew Barry of Oudtshoorn, neither relevant. Identity is not proven — the register gives no birth dates or parents — but the claim that this family was rebel country now has two men of its own surname in its own district.…
Everyone
…Named on his father's 1915 death notice and nowhere else this archive has looked. He carries his grandfather George Augustus Kolbe's names entire. The Documents The Kolbes Namesakes Harriet Louisa Barry Inferred 8 mentions 1894 7 Sep 1912, Barkly East Of MANOROWEN, Barkly East district — the farm where Richard Peter Barry signed his mother’s death notice in 1915. Dead at eighteen. FROM THE INDEX. The Barrys The Women The Register Hendrik Nicholaas Barry Documented 10 mentions — — Married Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman. The second Barry–Schoeman link. The Cousin Marriage The Documents James Henry Barry Documented 7 mentions c. 1847 23 Jun 1939, Barkly East Named on the 1915 death notice, which he swore himself.…
The rebels
…1859; four Booyzen children b. 1885–1907; Margarietha Barry b. 1880; Anna Pretorius b. 1905; John Augustus Barry died at Manor Owen, 1903 Dordrecht part of ~550; in rebel hands 1899 Kathleen Barry christened there, 1859; Hendrik Nicholaas Barry b. 1857; James Henry Barry married there, 1867 Lady Grey part of 1,268 Richard Peter Barry b. 1866 The family was not near the Cape rebellion. The family was inside it — living, marrying and burying across the four districts that supplied the largest share of its manpower. Inferred This establishes overwhelming opportunity and milieu . It does not put a rifle in any named ancestor's hands, and the archive will not pretend otherwise until a name is found on a roll.…
The register
…nk reconstructed by this archive John Gerson Eliazer Barry reconstructed 1893 · 8 Mar 1941, Barkly East no public link reconstructed by this archive Kathleen Mary Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry reconstructed 1880 · 1961 no public link reconstructed by this archive Richard Peter Barry reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry reconstructed 7 Oct 1888 no public link reconstructed by this archive 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…
What has been searched
…Why the absence is not an absence Both notices are dated 29 March 1915 Partly This archive has already read them. The index closes in 1912 and they were filed in 1915 — twelve years after John Augustus died. The estate route to identifying the Cape Rebel Richard Peter Barry is therefore closed for this period, not merely empty. Locating the pages Eleven probes Found Film 007844477 runs to 612 images and carries no name index of its own. Its length was found by bisection, then page numbers were read off the top of a sample — about 1.9 pages per image — and Barry was reached in four rounds: images 20, 35, 50, 65, then 85, 95, 105, then 112, 117, 122, then 125.…
The timeline
…A carpenter, eighty-four, with eleven children. It answers the oldest question on the Barry side and corrects two things this archive had published. John Augustus Barry I Richard Peter Barry Manorowen Barkly East 13 Sep 1905 The name The name changes on one sheet of paper Willem Hermanus Booyzen dies at Indwe of an ulcer of the stomach after fourteen months' illness — not shot by the British. The clerk writes BOOYSEN; his son signs BOOYZEN four lines below.…
Others on the Barry side
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