Alexander Byrne, SV/PROG

1820 Settler to South Africa with Baillie's Party on the Chapman

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Death Notice : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB5S-XY2?i=1932

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Death Notice

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Parents Alexander named

Born City of Dublin

Died 5 May 1853 aged 75 years 6m

Wife - Elizabeth Harris

Children named -

• Robert Byrne
• Sarah - married to Cooper
• Alexander
• Richard
• John
• Elizabeth married to Robertson
• Susan married to Chaledon?
• Mary Ann married to Bachelor
  

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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.

GEDCOM Note

<p>"He was born in Dublin and married Elizabeth Harris. He left Albany in 1822, and applied without success for a grant of land to build a house at Graaff Reinet. He had settled in Cape Town by 1825, where he became a teacher first at the English Free School and subsequently at the infant school at Alphen Hill, Wynberg. He was declared insolvent in 1846. He died at Simon's Bay, leaving eight children: Robert, Sarah, Alexander, Richard, John, Elizabeth, Susan and Mary Ann. His eldest daughter Rhoda married a fellow emigrant, Matthew Adams, in 1825."</p>