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Daniel Rea Barnett born 1896 in Carnmoney area
died 07/07/1916 Royal Irish Rifles
lived in Ballyduff Carnmoney
Looking for his family ..please
Steve
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www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1907VD.htm has a Barnet, Robert in Carnmoney 1907 Street Directory. Could be parent? Her other search results show Barnets going back to 1805 in the Belfast area. ! But www.familysearch.com also shows Co Antrim Barnet[t]’s going further back. Jim
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Thank you Bally
think I need to get his birth cert.....then I would know more ;D
not seen Glengormley on
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www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1907VD.htm
before.
..see I am still learning every day..
quick glance and I found Issac Biggar David Bell William Crymble John Fairfied John Kidd, the Lyles,Robinsons etc etc........you got me busy now ;D
thank you so much
Steve
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Steve,
If DB died during WW1, in early July 1916
then he is 99% likely to have caught his cropper in the Somme offensive.
Timing is only 6 days after the big push was made.
He will not have made it home.
He must be buried in France.
His grave will be looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
[Their records frequently list next of kin.]
So, check www.cwgc.org .
And there he is ... buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen:
[Must have been very badly wounded.
Others made it as far as hospital stations on the coast.]
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=513907
Father: Robert BARNETT
Mother: Agnes
Thats a start.
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His details are also mentioned again in a superb online history of the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles:
http://www.freewebs.com/ballymenaww1/thefallen.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/ballymenaww1/deathonthewire.htm
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The names of Carnmoney's war dead are read out aloud during a solemn ceremony each November.
Daniel gets a mention in
http://www.carnmoney.org/pics/The_Word_Issue_15.pdf
[N.B. Very large file.]
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Unfortunately the Colemans' online transcription of the McKinney Notebooks doesn't list a Robert BARNET(T).
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=:3288398
[Good fun this DB, you can even get it to list descendant trees! N.B. Don't assume it (or McKinney) is infallible.]
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The UHF lists two RB marriages around the right time, one in 1894, the other in 1895.
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If you ever trace the line back far enough (18thC), keep an eye out for Elizabeth BARNET, married to Solomon WHITLEY whose family were supposedly Pb from the North of Ireland.
[Their son, William WHITLEY, was an early pioneer in Kentucky. He met his nemesis - the great Shawnee Chief, Tecumseh (who was also killed) - beside the Thames River in Ontario on 05-OCT-1813, during the 1812-1815 war as the UK pushed to secure Canada.]
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We will remember them.
Capt Jock
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Capt
you star you...........oh I am all a bounce now
Yes..... Dan was injured by bouncing German barded wire..poor soul
my grandfather managed to get him back to the trenches...with only a bullet through his hand....
they joined together and I believe they were related
all this will give me a head start...thank you
Steve
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Steady with that bouncing now.
[You'll expose your stripes if you're not careful!]
And hang on to your hair tight!
[There's always room for more learning under your old BARNETT ... ]
DB is will probably be commemorated on the Co. Antrim War Memorial.
[Which may list his UVF membership (and battalion).]
Also, he'll have an entry in Ireland's Memorials of the Dead.
Capt. Jock :P
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Wow Cpt Jock
I am bouncing too!!!!!!!!!!!!
I so remember those Novembers in Carnmoney Church (back in 1960s). The list was read out and it seemed to take hours - I was much too young to appreciate the significance of this!
Now it is all making sense and I wear my poppy with pride - many of those people named all those years ago "belonged" to me!
Thank you for reminding me
Saz (STEVENSONs SIS!)
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ROBERT BARNETT TO AGNES REA 25-6-1895 @ AGNES STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SHANKILL, BELFAST, ANTRIM.
regards mary.
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Thank you Mary
the cert arrived today...so I am bouncing again ;D
excited Steve
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DANIEL R BARNETT ROYAL IRISH RIFLES REGIMENT NO. 12/17231. RANK PRIVATE.
regards mary.