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About Thomas Henry Tarr, Snr. SV/PROG
1820 British Settler
Thomas Henry Tarr 28, Carpenter, together with his wife Ann Radford 28, and their 4 children, were members of Thomas Calton's Party of 167 Settlers on the Settler Ship Albury.
Party originated from Nottinghamshire.
Departed Liverpool, 13 February 1820. Arrived Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 1st May 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820.
Area Allocated to the Party : Torrens River - named Clumber after Clumber Park, the seat of the Duke of Newcastle, Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Committee.
Children :
- Selina Tarr 7
- James Tarr 4
- Elizabeth Tarr 3
- George Tarr 1
Came out with wife and children in Calton's party, on Albury - settled on Torrens Ruver, and named settlement Clumber, after the seat of the Duke of Newcastle. His name on all the early Embarcation records was TORR, however subsequent records including his will says TARR. His children all used TARR. There is a bell dedicated to Thomas and Ann Tarr at Clumber Church, Barthurst, South Africa.
Probate Record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSWK-V?mode=g&i=1...
Came out with wife and kids in Calton's party, on Albury - settled on Torrens Ruver, and named settlement Clumber, after the seat of the Duke of Newcastle.
His name on all the early Embarcation records was TORR, however subsequent records including his will says TARR. His children all used TARR. There is a bell dedicated to Thomas and Ann Tarr at Clumber Church
Sources [S6] "The Settler Handbook", M D Nash, (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8), p52-54, 11 Feb 2003.
[S240] Methodist Records, Salem/Albany Christenings: 1820-1859, Ellen Stanton's transcriptions, film 1560874 / item 12 / entry 289.
[S16] King, Tessa, King, Tessa, (emails on South-Africa-L@rootsweb.com Mailing list), tck19genie.tessaking@gmail.com., 5 Mar 2003. From "The Tarrs of Rokewood" A story of Thomas and Ann Tarr, 1820 Settlers from Nottingham, England and their descendants by Dennis Adams and Moira Tarr Page 131
William TARR married Ann WRIGHT. He was the 8th child and 4th son of Thomas and Ann TARR. They had:
1. Emily Annie mar Gilbert BRENT div 1909. 2. Priscilla mar George STIRK (his second marriage) 3. Leonora Alice mar Henry George Forrester 4. Rosina Elizabeth TARR married William Southey STIRK. Unfortunately there are no details about this family in the book, just the names and their spouses. Their children:
4.1 William Calvin mar Ruby PAGE had 5 children 4.2 Joseph mar Hilda BROWN had 4 children:
4.2.1. Florence mar Douglas HADDON 4.2.2. Edith mar Preller LUYT 4.2.3. Reginald mar F BORNMAN 4.2.4. Ronald mar Adriana GROBLER
4.3 Victor mar Connie SMTH. 4.4 Constance mar A SPENSHOTT had 2 sons and a daughter 4.5 Cecil mar Thelma BROWN and had 4 sons and 2 daughters 4.6 Ralph mar H du TOIT and had 4 sons and 2 daughters
5. John William m Mary Elizabeth FORRESTER 6. James Reuben Sawtell mar Annie Dorothy FORRESTER 7. Isaiah Taylor mar Frances Maude VENABLES 8. Thomas * 4.7.1868 and died 13.7.1868. 9. Effie Lily Tasker mar Alfred LLOYD 10. Daisy Emma Wesley born and died 1873 11. Olive Ruth mar John William Ella VENABLES
There is an entry on the Cemetery Projects CD by the GSSA as follows: Sydney Southey STIRK died on 1 Feb 1968. Sydney was buried in Old Cemetery, Grahamstown, District Albany, Eastern Cape Province, Rsa.
Sydney Southey Stirk. Died 01-02-1968. Aged 90 years. Husband of Ethel Stirk.
Hope this help some. Take care Tessa King
[S380] Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1829 Bathurst English Episcopal Church, Bathurst English Episcopal Church, (Cory PR 3448).
[S390] Register 29/3/1822 -1860, Grahamstown Methodist - Commemoration Chapel, (CORY MS 15 899/1).
[S466] KING GEDCOM - East London Museum, Vernon, Carl - KING GEDCOM - East London Museum.
[S348] WHITTAL Family GEDCOM, Whittal, Vernon, (See list of further references below in the note).
[S6] "The Settler Handbook", M D Nash, (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8).
[S323] "The Tarrs of Rokewood", Adams, Dennis and Tarr, Moira, (ISBN 0-620-15721-6).
[S483] Lower Albany Chronicle, Lower Albany Chronicle, Part 1 1806 - 1825, (p84).
[S1134] Lower Albany Chronicles, Morse Jones, E, Part 1 1806 - 1825, (p84).
[S483] Lower Albany Chronicle, Lower Albany Chronicle, Part 2 1826 - 1840, (p 54).
[S1134] Lower Albany Chronicles, Morse Jones, E, Part 2 1826 - 1840, (p 54).
[S8] Notebook, PN Thompson.
[S685] Notebook, Pike, Elijah 1820.
[S2597] SA Cape Death Notices, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSWK-V?i=1741... (Reliability: 3). Tarr, Thomas Henry(1790-1958) DN Tarr, Thomas Henry(1790-1958) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSWK-V?i=1741... Keywords: Death Notice
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Thomas Henry Tarr, Snr. SV/PROG's Timeline
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March 2, 1791
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Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, England (United Kingdom)
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March 2, 1791
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
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August 27, 1813
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
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| 1815 |
August 24, 1815
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1817 |
April 20, 1817
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England UK
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| 1819 |
February 21, 1819
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
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| 1821 |
September 21, 1821
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Bathurst, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 1824 |
January 6, 1824
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Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 1826 |
June 20, 1826
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Bathurst, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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