Alexander Byrne, SV/PROG

Baillie's Party on the Chapman

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Byrne, Alexander

Last Name: Byrne

First Name: Alexander

Date of Birth: 1778

Place of Birth: City of Dublin, Ireland

Parents – Father: Alexander Byrne

Parents – Mother:

Name of Spouse: Elizabeth Harris, born 1786

Marriage Date:

Marriage Place:

Date of Death: 5 May 1853 age 75y 6m

Place of Death: Simons Bay, Cape

Notes: Bailie’s party of 1820 settlers. DN 1940.3/4/1853, 691/1874. He left Albany in 1822, and by 1825 had settled in Cape Town where he became a teacher at the English Free School and subseqently at the infant school at Alphen Hill, Wynberg. Children:

Rhoda 1808 married 1825 to Matthew Adams (q.v.)

Jane 1813

Robert 1815 England died 7 Aug 1874 (q.v.)

Sarah married to Mr. Cooper

Alexander 1817

Richard

John

Elizabeth married Mr. Robertson

Susan married Mr. Chaledon

Mary Ann married Mr. Bachelor.