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George Barrie

Male 1824 - 1917  (92 years)


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  • Name George Barrie 
    Born 6 Apr 1824  Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Birth , Dumfrieshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179594133 
    Honoured
    • Area known as Barrie's Cut is where the railroad cut through a hilly area and was named in his honour.
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    Bridge over Barrie's Cut, at that location (just west of the Roseville Road railway crossing). The bridge went over to the Murray farm which was originally George Barrie's farm.
    Immigration 1826  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Immigration 1830  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Laborer 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Free Church 
    Land 1861  North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 18, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Occupation 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Free Church 
    Residence 1867  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Occupation 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    C. Presb. 
    Occupation 1881  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Presbyterian Canada 
    Occupation 1901  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-72525 
    Died 27 Jan 1917  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9, 12] 
    Buried 30 Jan 1917  Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9] 
    Person ID I72525  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father George Barrie,   b. 1795, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Margaret Turnbull,   b. 1793, Lilliesleaf, , Roxburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1814  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Family ID F34976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ford Ovens,   b. 20 Feb 1827, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1874, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Children 
     1. Barrie,   d. 19 Dec 1868, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Jane Barrie,   b. Aug 1854, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1855  (Age ~ 1 years)
     3. Margaret T. "Maggie" Barrie,   b. 21 Jun 1855, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1917, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     4. George Ford Barrie,   b. 6 Sep 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1945, Meade Township, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Mark Y. Barrie,   b. CALC 10 Oct 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1862  (Age ~ 2 years)
     6. Robert Ovens Barrie,   b. 23 Oct 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1933, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     7. John Bayne Barrie,   b. 3 Oct 1864, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1948  (Age 83 years)
     8. William Ovens Barrie,   b. 25 Aug 1867, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1869, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     9. Mary F. Barrie,   b. CALC 21 Jun 1869, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1869  (Age ~ 0 years)
     10. Mary Robson Barrie,   b. 13 Aug 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1960  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F18941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • WAS PROBABLY OLDEST ONTARIO PRESBYTERIAN

      Interesting Biography of the late George Barrie of this city

      The Toronto star weekly of February 3rd contained the following interesting article concerning the late George Barrie, who passed away on , Saturday, January 27th:

      Ontario Presbyterianism lost one of its oldest, if not its very oldest, representatives in the death last Saturday of Mr. George Barrie, whose farm on the Roseville. road, not far from the city of Galt, is widely known in that part of the Province. Mr. Barrie, who was 92 years old, was born in Scotland, but came to Canada and settled with his parents near Galt when he was a mere lad and he lived there ever since. At the time when Rev. Dr. John Bayne thundered out his three-hour sermons in old Knox church, then situated on the present market square of the city, George Barrie was one of the elders and he was the last of the members of the Session of Dr. Bayne's time to pass away. Dr. Bayne himself was like the voice of one crying in the wilderness, for in the early forties western Ontario was sparsely settled and the district around Galt was. a forest. Bayne was the conspicuous Canadian Presbyterian divine of his day and his spirit seems even yet to live in Knox church, Galt. Mr. Barrie continued to attend the services at this church until comparatively recent months, when age's infirmities kept him at home. He was a man of sterling integrity, quiet, unassuming, industrious and enterprising, a type of the men who settled in Dumfries and Oxford and laid the foundations of those prosperous districts. In. politics Mr. Barrie. was a staunch Liberal, and an interesting conversationalist, on both Canadian and British politics. He came to Ontario before the time of railroads and saw the Province develop almost from the time of the Mackenzie rebellion, through the union of the Provinces and Confederation to the wonderful growth and expansion of the past twenty-five years, all of which he had followed with deep interest.

      When a small boy, George Barrie attended the school at the head of Main street, Galt, taught by Mr. Gouinlock. The place was then a very small village. Only two or three who attended Guoinlock school are living today, and Mr. Barrie was the oldest. Later on when this school was transferred to another part of the town the building now used as the city's chief fire hall. it was taught by Mr, Robert McLean, father of the late Mr. R, G. McLean founder of R. G . McLean, Limited, printers, of this city.

      Toronto Star Weekly 3 Feb 1917

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      In Memoriam Died In North Dumfries, on Saturday, January 27th, 1917, at 5.40 o'clock p.m., George Barrie In his 92nd year. The Funeral Will take place from his late residence, Roseville Road, on Tuesday afternoon, the 30th inst., at 2.30 o'clock, to Mount View Cemetery, Galt. Services at the house at 2 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

      Funeral Card

  • Sources 
    1. [S180] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1901, Dumfries (North) B-3 Page 8.

    2. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 22.

    3. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link .
      In memory of/ George Barrie/ died Jan. 27, 1917/ in his 92nd year/ John B. Barrie/ died Apr. 1, 1948/ in his 85th year/ Mary R. Barrie/ died Apr. 22, 1960/ in her 89th year/ Jane Barrie/ infant dau./ died Aug. 16, 1855/ aged 1 year/ BARRIE

    4. [S27] International Genealogical Index - Extracted Church Records, Parish registers for Yarrow, 1691-1854 Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Yarrow (Selkirkshire) Film 1067929.

    5. [S562] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1911, Div. 2 Pg. 8.

    6. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 21.

    7. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 10 Page 81.

    8. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 29.

    9. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of George Barrie - 1917.

    10. [S498] Map - Tremaine's 1861 Map of Waterloo County.
      Wm. Abra Conc. XII Lots 34

    11. [S1141] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - Card index of Church Records.
      William Avons Barrie (Barry) b. 25 Aug 1867 N. Dfs., chr. 5 Jan 1868 Knox Presb. s/o George & Mary Ford.

    12. [S266] Funeral Card - - Funeral Card Notices of Waterloo County Volume 2.
      Died
      In North Dumfries, on Saturday, January 27th, 1917. at 5.40 o'clock p.m.,
      George Barrie
      In his 92nd year.
      The Funeral
      Will take place from his late residence, Roseville Road, on Tuesday afternoon, the 30th inst., at 2.30 o'clock, to Mount View Cemetery, Galt.
      Services at house at 2 o'clock.
      Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

    13. [S1788] Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11988-4 System Origin: Scotland-ODM GS Film number: 1066757.
      Name: George Barrie Spouse's Name: Margaret Turnbull Event Date: 08 Oct 1814 Event Place: Saint Cuthberts,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Turnbull

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Apr 1824 - Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - - , Dumfrieshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1826 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1830 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Free Church - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - 1861 - North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 18, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Free Church - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1867 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - C. Presb. - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian Canada - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jan 1917 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 30 Jan 1917 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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