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I hope to find information about John Barber who was born in Ireland in 1805.  I know that he was Anglican and that he was a Blacksmith.

John Barber emigrated to the Ottawa area in Canada some time prior to 1839, where he married Mary (Polly) Prentice on May 4, 1839.  Their marriage record refers to him as:  "John Barber of Nepean, District of Bathurst, Blacksmith."

John Barber and Mary Prentice had four children:  John (born about 1840); Mariah (born June 27, 1843); George (born August 9, 1844) and Adam (born Jan. 6, 1846, after his father's death). 

All these dates are from the Anglican Church records in Ottawa. 

John Barber died on July 25, 1845, at the age of 40 years, and he was buried in Hazeldean Cemetery in Goulbourn Township, Ontario. 

I have two leads but both have turned out to be brick walls. 

(1) The IGI showed a John Barber born May 16, 1805 in Templepatrick, Antrim, Ireland, his father was named Thomas. 

(2) Another John Barber lived in Fitzroy Township in Ontario (adjoining Goulbourn Township).  He was born in Tipperary about 1872 so he was of an age to be a father to my ancestor. He was also Anglican.

I would really appreciate any help at all.  I would love to visit his birthplace in Ireland one day!

Elizabeth, from BC, Canada

Elizabeth Abbott

Monday 12th Nov 2012, 06:42PM

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