Barron Genealogy

In the 1600s the French and English began to vie for control of the beach and harbour at Placentia. In addition to being one of the best beaches for drying fish anywhere in Newfoundland, from a military point of view (surrounded as it is by steep hills and with Placentia Gut providing a narrow entrance to Southeast Arm and Northeast Arm) Placentia began to be more valuable. As Baron *Lom d'Arce de Lahontan qv would write around 1693, the harbour was ``the largest, the best and the most commodious, for it is surrounded by mountains, the anchorage marvellous, and in that... one could easily draw up eight hundred ships which the smallest cable would be sufficient to hold in any storm that could occur.'' Samuel de Champlain had suggested founding a French colony there as early as 1603, and the area was also included in the 1623 grant of John Guy.

Hutchinson's Newfoundland Directory for 1864-1865 (1864) reported mainly boatkeepers and farmers in the North East Arm and listed the family names of Barron, Blanch, Cain, Collins, Costello, Dunphy, Griffin, Hartigan, Hartily, Kelly, Power and Rielly. Lovell's Newfoundland Directory (1871) said of Placentia: ``The harbour. .. has two arms, the North East and South East, along the shores is a considerable population engaged in farming and salmon fishing.'' By 1884 the population in the North East Arm numbered nearly 400. The first road connecting the North East Arm to Placentia was started in 1870 (JHA: 1871) and later a lower road hugging the shoreline was built. In 1889 the branch railway from Harbour Grace to Placentia via Dunville was built, providing new transportation and jobs for the area. Dunville continued to be a thriving fishing centre until the 1920s when the population was around 400.

Names in this file:

BARRON, GRIFFIN, HARTIGAN, RIELLY, MURRAY, ENNIS

Generation No 1 1. WILLIAM1 BARRON was born Abt. 1828. He married SARAH RIELLY.

Child of WILLIAM BARRON and SARAH RIELLY is: 2. i. MICHAEL2 BARRON, b. May 1849 South East Placentia ; d. 1931, Dunville,Newfoundland.

Generation No 2 2. MICHAEL2 BARRON (WILLIAM1) was born 1849, and died 1931 in Newfoundland. He married BRIDGET GRIFFIN, daughter of THOMAS GRIFFIN and BRIDGET EVANS.

3. i. CATHERINE3 BARRON, b. 1881, Dunville Newfoundland; d. 1916, Boston MA.
4. ii. MARY BARRON, b. 1882; d. Sydney Nova Scotia.
5. iii. WILL BARRON, b. December 26, 1883, Dunville Newfoundland; d. September 1965, Boston Ma.
6. iv. THOMAS BARRON, b. February 07, 1885, Dunville Newfoundland; d. June 15, 1955, Boston Ma.
7. v. BRIDGET BARRON, b. 1888, Dunville Newfoundland; d. November 1971, Boston Ma.
8. vi. ANNIE BARRON, b. February 20, 1890, Placentia Newfoundland; d. September 12, 1976, Boston Ma.
vii. PATRICK BARRON, b. 1891, Placentia Newfoundland; d. Abt. 1911, Placentia Newfoundland.
9. viii. MAUDE BARRON, b. August 31, 1894, Dunville Newfoundland; d. September 22, 1994, Pittsburgh Pa.

Generation No 3 3. CATHERINE3 BARRON (MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1881 in Dunville Newfoundland, and died 1916 in Boston MA. She married GERARD HOGAN.

Children of CATHERINE BARRON and GERARD HOGAN are:
- i. JOHN4 HOGAN.
- ii. REGINALD HOGAN.

4. MARY3 BARRON (MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1882, and died in Sydney Nova Scotia. She married PATRICK HARTIGAN in Sydney Nova Scotia.

Children of MARY BARRON and PATRICK HARTIGAN are:
- i. IRENE4 HARTIGAN.
- ii. LAWRENCE HARTIGAN.
- iii. WILLIAM HARTIGAN.
- iv. PATRICK HARTIGAN.
- 10. v. FLORENCE HARTIGAN,
- 11. vi. BRIDGET HARTIGAN.

5. WILL3 BARRON (MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born December 26, 1883 in Dunville, Newfoundland and died September 1965 in Boston Ma. He married BRIDGET BYRNE, September 01, 1913 in Newfounland.

i. MICHAEL JOSEPH4 BARRON,
ii. MARTIN LEO BARRON,
iii. MARGUERITE MARIE BARRON,
iv. PATRICK VALENTINE BARRON,
v. WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRON,
vi. ALOYSIUS PAUL BARRON,
12. vii. THOMAS AUGUSTINE BARRON.

6. THOMAS3 BARRON (MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born February 07, 1885 in Dunville Newfoundland, and died June 15, 1955 in Boston Ma. He married ANNE JOYCE April 20, 1924 in Gate of Heaven Church South Boston Ma.

13. i. EILEEN BRIDGET4 BARRON,.
ii. JOSEPH MICHAEL BARRON,
14. iii. MARY EULALIA BARRON,
iv. THOMAS MARTIN BARRON,
v. ROBERT WILLIAM BARRON.

7. BRIDGET3 BARRON (MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1888 in Dunville Newfoundland, and died November 1971 in Boston Ma. She married WILLIAM MURRAY 1915.

i. WILLIAM4 MURRAY,
ii. MARGRET MURRAY,
iii. HAROLD MURRAY,
iv. GERALD F. MURRAY,
v. JOHN MURRAY,
vi. GEORGE MURRAY,
vii. DOROTHY MURRAY,
viii. CATHERINE MURRAY,

8. ANNIE3 BARRON (MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born February 20, 1890 in PLacentia Newfoundland, and died September 12, 1976 in Boston Ma. She married LEO COLLINS June 02, 1919 in Boston Ma.

i. LEONARD JOSEPH4 COLLINS,
15. ii. ANNA COLLINS,
iii. BERTRAM MARTIN COLLINS,
iv. THOMAS FRANCIS COLLINS,
v. MARY COLLINS,
vi. EILEEN MARY COLLINS.

9. MAUDE3 BARRON (MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born August 31, 1894 in Dunville Newfoundland, and died September 22, 1994 in Pittsburgh Pa. She married LOUIS ENNIS in 1931, son of JOHN ENNIS of Merasheen and MARY BARRY of Red Island, Newfoundland.

i. JOHN JOSEPH4 ENNIS,
16. ii. WILLIAM VINCENT ENNIS,
17. iii. ROBERT LOUIS ENNIS,
18. iii. PATRICIA MARY ENNIS.

Generation No. 4 10. FLORENCE4 HARTIGAN (MARY3 BARRON, MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1905 in Sidney, NS, and died in Elmont, NY. She married WILLIAM MAHONEY.

i. JOHN5 MAHONEY,
ii. FLORENCE MAHONEY,
iii. ROBERT MAHONEY,
iv. PAUL MAHONEY,

11. BRIDGET4 HARTIGAN (MARY3 BARRON, MICHAEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1907, and died 1951 in Sydney Nova Scotia.

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