Thomas Henry Tarr, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1790 - 1858  (68 years)

• Name	Thomas Henry Tarr
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Born	1790  [8]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	2 Mar 1791	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England   [9]
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  1820 Settler	13 Feb 1820	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  Address: Calton's party on the Albury
  Settler ID	760
  Name	Thomas Henry Tarr 1820
  Occupation	a Carpenter  [8]
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  Residence	10 Oct 1824	Clumber Vale, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa   [10, 11]
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  	Tarr original homestead showing collapsed walls Keywords: Buildings
  Occupation	Oct 1832	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [12, 13]
  a Carpenter
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  Died	9 Nov 1858	Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [14, 15, 16]
  Person ID	I22734	master
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	George Tarr,   b. Est 1768
  Mother	Elizabeth Fletcher,   b. Est 1772
  Family ID	F12527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Radford, 1820 Settler,   b. 1791, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 23 Dec 1866, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 75 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1812	St Mary's Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England   [9]
  Children	+ 1. Selina Tarr, 1820 Settler,   b. 26 Aug 1813, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 14 Jan 1894, Prospect House, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 80 years) + 2. James Tarr, 1820 Settler,   b. 24 Aug 1815,   d. 26 Aug 1896  (Age 81 years) + 3. Eliza Tarr, 1820 Settler,   b. 20 Apr 1817, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 9 May 1889, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 72 years) + 4. George Tarr, 1820 Settler,   b. 21 Feb 1819, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 4 Apr 1850  (Age 31 years) + 5. Thomas Tarr,   b. 21 Sep 1821,   d. 22 Aug 1895, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 73 years) + 6. Emma Tarr,   b. 6 Jan 1824,   d. 21 Dec 1858  (Age 34 years) + 7. Ann Tarr,   b. 20 Jun 1826,   d. 8 Nov 1906, 'Buffelsfontein', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 80 years) + 8. William John Tarr,   b. 8 Sep 1829,   d. 25 Apr 1917  (Age 87 years) + 9. Samuel Tarr,   b. 8 Jun 1830,   d. 8 Aug 1914  (Age 84 years) + 10. Elizabeth Tarr,   b. 31 May 1831,   d. 8 Oct 1895, 'Melville Park', Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 64 years) + 11. Mary Tarr,   b. 19 Sep 1832, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 17 Jul 1906, Fresh Water Poort, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F6487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Baptism - 2 Mar 1791 - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Married - 20 Sep 1812 - St Mary's Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 1820 Settler - Address: Calton's party on the Albury - 13 Feb 1820 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Occupation - a Carpenter - Oct 1832 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Died - 9 Nov 1858 - Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  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&cc=2517051&cat=331262 (Reliability: 3). Tarr, Thomas Henry(1790-1958) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSWK-V?i=1741&cc=2517051&cat=331262 Keywords: Death Notice