Looking for descendants of John BARR m. Barbara KEEPORTS (?) of Lampeter, PA. who might have information on the parents of John, whom I believe to be Abraham BARR and Betsy BRENECY HOWRY, a widow. Children of John Barr and Barbara Keeports: 1. Miriam Barr (unmarried), lived in "home for old ladies" in Lancaster, "Mira" of letter to Abraham Jr. (brother of John Barr)? 2. Sue Barr (unmarried?) in Lancaster; "Sue" of letter to Abraham Jr. 3. Kate Barr m. Francis SHROEDER lived for 40 yrs. in fine old house 100 yrs old later used as private school for girls in Lancaster 4. Edward Barr m. in London to a Brooklyn girl 4 daughters: Josephine Barr, Julia Keeports Barr, Mary Godfrey Barr, Elise Adaline Rush Barr 5. Amaziah Barr 6. Daniel Barr, in Baltimore (D. W. of the letter to Abraham Barr Jr.?) 7. Jacob Barr, in Lancaster sons Walter and Frank Barr 8. Benjamin Barr, a physician, 21st and Arch St., Philadelphia 9. Annie Emery Barr, living with sister Sue in Lancaster (Since the list in the Staley Streeter/Yost papers doesn’t repeat the last name Barr, which I have added, I am not always sure whether the women’s names are middle names or married names.) -- Susan Y. Clawson Dayton, Indiana 47941-0347 [email protected] [email protected] __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [email protected]! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barr, Keeports, Shroeder, Howry, Brenizer? Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oVC.2ACIB/1371 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of John BARR m. Barbara KEEPORTS (?) of Lampeter, PA. Hope to find information on the parents of John Barr, believed to be Abraham BARR and Betsy BRENECY HOWRY, a widow. Children of John and Barbara Barr: 1. Miriam Barr (unmarried), lived in "home for old ladies" in Lancaster, "Mira" of letter to Abraham Jr. (brother of John)? 2. Sue Barr (unmarried?) in Lancaster; "Sue" of letter to Abraham Jr.? 3. Kate Barr m. Francis SHROEDER lived for 40 yrs. in fine old house 100 yrs old later used as private school for girls in Lancaster 4. Edward Barr m. in London to a Brooklyn girl 4 daughters: Josephine Barr, Julia Keeports Barr, Mary Godfrey Barr, Elise Adaline Rush Barr 5. Amaziah Barr 6. Daniel Barr, in Baltimore (D. W. of the letter to Abraham Barr Jr.?) 7. Jacob Barr, in Lancaster sons Walter and Frank Barr 8. Benjamin Barr, a physician, 21st and Arch St., Philadelphia 9. Annie Emery Barr, living with sister Sue in Lancaster (Since the list in the Staley Streeter/Yost papers doesn’t repeat the last name Barr, which I have added, I am not always sure whether the women’s names are middle names or married names.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/58.2 Message Board Post: Do you have any names and dates of Susanna's siblings?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oVC.2ACIB/1370 Message Board Post: Looking for anyone doing research on the Barr family that has marriages in the Fish family line. There were a lot of marriages between these two families in Washington Co., Ohio and Benton Co., Iowa. Thanks

Does anyone know of another 1860 US Census index on-line besides Ancestry.com? I want to search the 1860 US Census for Henry's and Barr's living in Franklin County, Ohio but for over a month now when I query the AIS index on Ancestry it returns no Henry's or Barr's which I know is very wrong. I've seen the hardcopy listings at the libraries but don't have access to one right now. Any direction would be appreciated. Thanks. Diane

I am trying to identify the first two wives of George LAIRD who lived in Chickasaw County, Iowa. He married 1) Catherine ??, by whom he had John Grant, Anna Georgia, and James J. He married 2) Lydia ??, by whom he apparently had no children. He married 3) Elizabeth BARR (1837-1872), daughter of Robert BARR, Sr. and Jannet PETTIGREW. dick barr Syracuse, NY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barr Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1369 Message Board Post: The following obit is reprinted from the Bristol Herald Courier, in Bristol, Va. It is here with their permission. Lucille Frances Barr Lucille Frances Barr, 60, of Bristol, Va., died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002, in Wellmont Hospice House. She was a lifelong resident of Bristol, Va., and a daughter of the late Harold and Ruth Lewis Hall. She was a devoted and loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Corby Barr. She is survived by two daughters, Joann Barr and her husband, Tim Hess, and Jackie Vinson and her fiance, Michael Fleenor, all of Bristol, Va.; two sons, Tony Barr and Bruce Barr, both of Bristol, Va.; three sisters, Jean Parsons of Bluff City and Mary White and Anna Cox, both of Bristol, Va.; two brothers, David Hall of Washington and Norman Hall of Bristol, Va.; four grandchildren, Brook Smith, Cody Vinson, Tony Allen Barr Jr. and Sydney Jade Denise Barr; three great-grandchildren, Raegan Blaylock, Aylssa Smith and Chandler Smith; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, Jan. 15, in the chapel of Blevins Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Crowe officiating. The committal service and burial will follow in National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Tenn. Pall! bearers will be Tim Hess, Michael Fleenor, David Fleenor, Bruce Barr, Travis Aldridge, Wendell Buchanan, Bill Hess Sr. and Phil White. Honorary pallbearers will be Phil Henson, Benny Fleenor, Bryan Buchanan, Dave Parsons, Bob White, Jeff Buchanan and Freddie DeLapp Jr. The family will receive friends from 6 till 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail at [email protected] Arrangements especially for Mrs. Barr have been made through Blevins Funeral Home. Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1361.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm surprised you didn't find them in that book. Samuel is such a common and frequent name in that Family. Also the migration of the Family went from Mifflin to Cumberland to Centre Cos. Sorry i couldn't be of more help. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1361.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for that. I do have both Barr books about that Barr family (the one by Charles R. Barr as well as the one by Reverend William B. Barr) but these are not directly related as far as I can tell. I think the branch I am looking for came from part of what was Cumberland County, then was part of Lancaster County, then became part of Mifflin County. My gut feeling is that the father's name was John and that he was born in Pa between 1755 and 1765 and that his wife's surname may have been Campbell, but just supposition at this point. This Samuel Barr, the son, is the Samuel Barr that "Samuel's Church" in Mifflin County was named after (he donated the land to the Church).

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1361.2.1 Message Board Post: You might want to look up the book " A Barr Family History, Descendants of Robert Barr and his wife Mary Wills, of McAleavy's Fort PA. The Name Samuel Barr carries down through the generations in this Family as does the names Robert and David, and William One of the first in this Family to come to America was a Samuel and his record keeping of the trip is part of this history.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1361.4 Message Board Post: I forgot, The Author of that book is Charles R. Barr.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1361.3 Message Board Post: You will probably find thia family in a book called" A Barr Family History, Descendants of Robert Barr and his wife Mary Wills of McAleavy's Fort PA"

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oVC.2ACIB/1368 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on my grandmother. The only thing that I can find is she was born Sept 24,1900 Wright County, Missouri. Does anyone know anything about her parents?

Is this a possibility? William (33) and Elizabeth (36) Barr both from PA were enumerated in the 1850 US Census for Stark Co., Lexington Twp., Ohio with a daughter Christianna 10 yrs. old also born in PA. The other children were Mary 8 yrs. b. PA, David or Daniel (can't read the spelling) 6 yrs. born in PA, Hugh 4 yrs. b. OH, and Minerva 2 yrs. b. OH. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BARR] Re: Barrs of Mifflin County, Pa I have a Mary Christina Barr, born 1840 in Ohio. I have been told that her parents were from PA, but have no names for them. Mary married Amos Reese 2/20/1860 in Allen County, Ohio. Does anyone have a connection? This is my major brick wall. Thank you Laurie Wilken OKC, OK ==== BARR Mailing List ==== Fred W. Reese [email protected] List owner and Rootsweb Donor

In 1850 in Wayne Twp., Wayne Co. there was a James and Susanne Barr, both 50 years old and from PA. The children still living with them were William 18, Margaret 16, James 14, Matilda 9, and John 7. The two oldest children (William and Margaret) were born in PA but the younger ones were born in Ohio. Is it possible these were Samuel's parents? Up the street is another Wm Barr, 22 yrs. old enumerated with a Frederick Ziedler (28 yr. old farmer) both born in Ohio. These are the only Barr's in Wayne Co. in 1850 that may have been old enough, and from PA, that were living in the county - at least that I can find. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BARR] Re: Barrs of Mifflin County, Pa This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barr Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oVC.2ACIB/1361.2 Message Board Post: Not sure I can be of help; hope you can help me! My Samuel Barr was born in 1827 in Wayne, County, Ohio. His parents, whom we do not know names, were from PA. Kathy ==== BARR Mailing List ==== Fred W. Reese [email protected] List owner and Rootsweb Donor

In a message dated 1/9/02 5:10:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > don't know if this helps or not, but I have a Mary Angeline Barr b. > 5-2-1840, but I do not have anything else about her as far as spouse, or > death, or where she was living. Her parents were Christian Barr and Sarah > Bossard. Christian was b. inBradford Co. Pa, and died in Butler Co. His > wife > was born in Crawford Co., and died in Meadville, Pa. > Her siblings were, Anna Catherine, John Henry, Thomas Jefferson, > Rosanna, Samuel, Jacob, William, Sara Elmina, Jonathan David, Charles > Cummings, and Christian S. Hi, I noticed the Charles Cummings right off. My husband's grandmother was Cynthia Ellen BARR and she married 2nd Thomas William Cummings in Vermilion County Illinois. Looks like there was a connection with the Cummings & Barr's in either Ohio or PA. Her father was James BARR (mo.Phoebe WILEY). Cynthia was born in Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana. If you have any connection or knowledge of the above, would love to hear from you. Thanks, Marilyn HAWORTH Cummings

I don't know if this helps or not, but I have a Mary Angeline Barr b. 5-2-1840, but I do not have anything else about her as far as spouse, or death, or where she was living. Her parents were Christian Barr and Sarah Bossard. Christian was b. inBradford Co. Pa, and died in Butler Co. His wife was born in Crawford Co., and died in Meadville, Pa. Her siblings were, Anna Catherine, John Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Rosanna, Samuel, Jacob, William, Sara Elmina, Jonathan David, Charles Cummings, and Christian S. Yvonne

I have a Mary Christina Barr, born 1840 in Ohio. I have been told that her parents were from PA, but have no names for them. Mary married Amos Reese 2/20/1860 in Allen County, Ohio. Does anyone have a connection? This is my major brick wall. Thank you Laurie Wilken OKC, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barr Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oVC.2ACIB/1361.2 Message Board Post: Not sure I can be of help; hope you can help me! My Samuel Barr was born in 1827 in Wayne, County, Ohio. His parents, whom we do not know names, were from PA. Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1367 Message Board Post: I have a photocopy of a letter my ggg grandfather, James BARR wrote to his daughter (unnamed) Mrs. James BLACKBURN, dated 26 May 1817. The letter was addressed to her as follows: Mrs. James Blackburn at Mount Johnston near Chambly, In Care of the Honourable John Johnston, Baronet, Mountreal, N. America. I found a marriage record of a Janet BARR and James BLACKBURN 3 June 1797, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire. In this letter her tries to console his daughter (whose Christian name was never mentioned) over the recent demise of her husband, leaving her the sole provider for herself and their children (names and number of not given). He mentions that he heard that she was considering returning to Scotland, and he informed her of the economic conditions in Scotland at the time following the war with France. He also mentions her sister Jean BARR living in living and working in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, and her brother (unnamed) living and working in Paisley. He was apparently a widower, as he mentioned that “I had as much money of my own that I wanted for nothing that I stood in need of. I have been for this sometime bypasst in a good State of Health...” He mentions his daughter’s aunt, Mrs. Aitkins, who lived in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, with whom he stayed overnight, and a cousin Aitkins (unnamed). James BARR apparently remarried, as his daughter-in-law, Jannet Pettigrew, wife of Robert BARR, mentions emigrating with her husband, their four children, and her husband’s parents. If anyone identifies with these people, I would appreciate hearing from them. dick barr Syracuse, NY