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Gavin Barr 1875–1948 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Nov 1875

Birth Location: Alma, South Australia, Australia

Death Date: 22 April 1948

Death Location: Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia

Father: Robert Barr

Mother: Isabella Wilson

Spouse(s): Margaret Willson

Children(s): Rupert Barr, Lottie Barr, Charles Barr, Leslie Barr, Lilla Barr, Lorna Barr, Walter Barr, Alma Barr

The story of Gavin Barr began in 1875 in Alma, South Australia, Australia. Gavin Barr married Margaret Lilla Willson, and had children including Alma Jean Barr, Charles Gavin Barr, Leslie Victor Barr, Lilla Olive Barr, Lorna Myrtle Frances Barr, Lottie Adelaide May Barr, Rupert Cleve Barr, Walter Reginald Barr. Gavin Barr passed away in 1948 in Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of Gavin Barr began in 1875 in Alma, South Australia, Australia.
  • Gavin Barr married Margaret Lilla Willson, and had children including Alma Jean Barr, Charles Gavin Barr, Leslie Victor Barr, Lilla Olive Barr, Lorna Myrtle Frances Barr, Lottie Adelaide May Barr, Rupert Cleve Barr, Walter Reginald Barr.
  • Gavin Barr passed away in 1948 in Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Gavin Barr's Ancestors

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Gavin Barr
1875–1948
Birth Place: Alma, South Australia, Australia
Parents
Robert Barr
1832–1927
Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Isabella (Matilda) Wilson
1835–1907
Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew Barr
1777–1848
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Susan Donald
1790–1877
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Donald
1765–1822
Margaret Meikle
1765–1839
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Meikle
1733–1792
Janet Symington
1733–

Gavin Barr's Descendants

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Gavin Barr (2 Nov 1875–22 April 1948) m. Margaret (Lilla) Willson (04 Feb 1875–24 Feb 1968)
  1. 1. Rupert (Cleve) Barr 1911–1997 m. Evelyn (Monica) Wagner 1917–2001
    1. 1. Donald (Cleve) Barr 1942–2004
    2. 2. Marion (Claire) Barr 1943–1943
  2. 2. Lottie (Adelaide May) Barr 1908–2001 m. James (Lindsay) Clarke 1902–1966
  3. 3. Charles (Gavin) Barr 1904–1974 m. Phillis Mausolf 1915–1998
  4. 4. Leslie (Victor) Barr 1910–1991 m. Iris (Jean) Edwards 1914–2004
    1. 1. Cynthia (Lesley) Barr 1939–2021
    2. 2. Ashley (Charles) Barr 1945–1945
  5. 5. Lilla ('Olive') Barr 1903–1994 m. Charlie (Archibald) Green 1903–1977
    1. 1. Arthur (Raymond) Green 1927–1992 m. Elizabeth (Mae) Thomas 1930–2017
    2. 2. Olive (Dawn) Green 1928–2005 m. Robert (Paul) Carruthers 1924–
    3. 3. Charles (Rex) Green 1932–2008 m. Kathleen (Delma) Kilmartin 1927–1973
  6. 6. Lorna (Myrtle Frances) Barr 1906–1983 m. Clarence (Victor) Brown 1903–1969
    1. 1. Clarence (Lloyd) Brown 1929–2003 m. Fay (Dorothy MacKellar) (Hunter) 1930–2008
    2. 2. Gavin (Deane) Brown 1931–2016 m. Valda (May) McGregor 1929–2004
    3. 3. Elaine (Myrtle) Brown 1933–2018 m. Sidney (Harold) Fielke 1927–2010
    4. 4. Enid (Dawn) Brown 1925–2014 m. John (Stevens) Tippet 1924–2010
      1. 1. John (Gregory) Tippet 1947–1976
      2. 2. Peter Tippet 1949–2017
    5. 5. Brown 1920– m. Redgnall Turner 1923–2003
      1. 1. Neville (Wayne) Turner 1948–2016
  7. 7. Walter (Reginald) Barr 1915–1920
  8. 8. Alma (Jean) Barr 1913–2008 m. Russel (Stewart) Schlein 1909–1995
    1. 1. Deidre (Margaret) Schlein 1942–2001
    2. 2. Lindsay Schlein 1930–1995 m. Gloria (Dawn) Cooke 1929–2014

Gavin Barr's Timeline

3 Records

1875
2 Nov 1875
Birth of Gavin Barr in Alma, South Australia, Australia
Alma, South Australia, Australia
1902
13 Mar 1902
Age 27
Gavin Barr was married in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
1948
22 April 1948
Age 73
Death of Gavin Barr in Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia
Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1875
    Event Place: Alma, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1902
    Event Place: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, South Australia-Marriages 1842-1916

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 April 1948
    Event Place: Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

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