Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families
The Genealogy of the Following Families:
The Simon Family of Willebadessen, Germany, and its Descendants in America
The Barcant, Krogh, d'Abadie, and Related Families of Trinidad and Tobago
The Hurd and Clark Families of Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland
The Dolan and Carr Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; and America
The McGillin Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John Alexander Barcant
Abt 1836 - 1906 (~ 70 years)
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Name John Alexander Barcant Born Abt 1836 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 
Gender Male Died 21 Oct 1906 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Buried 21 Oct 1906 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 
Siblings4 siblings Person ID I7269 Simon and Related Families | Barcant Family Descendants Last Modified 11 Apr 2022
Father Jean Pierre Auguste Barcant, b. 18 Jun 1801, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France , d. Between Sep 1874 and Sep 1876, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Age 73 years) Mother Celine Elizabeth Mathalony, b. Abt 1807, La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago , d. 15 Sep 1896, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Age ~ 89 years) Married 14 Feb 1828 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Family ID F2334 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rosema (aka Rose Emma) O'Brien, b. Abt 1841, d. 17 Apr 1919, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Age ~ 78 years) Married 6 Nov 1875 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Children + 1. Leonie Marie Barcant, b. Abt 1878, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , d. 21 Jul 1956, Trinidad and Tobago (Age ~ 78 years)2. Leonard Barcant, b. 20 Sep 1879, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , d. 23 May 1928, Trinidad and Tobago (Age 48 years)+ 3. Marie Eliza (aka Marie Elizabeth) Barcant, b. 1880, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , d. 19 Mar 1956, Barbados (Age 76 years)4. Marie Anne Barcant, b. Abt 1881, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , d. 25 Apr 1894, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Age ~ 13 years)+ 5. Joseph Barcant, b. 18 Dec 1882, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , d. 6 Feb 1912, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Age 29 years)+ 6. Marie Aline Barcant, b. 1884, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , d. 21 Nov 1976, Trinidad and Tobago (Age 92 years)7. Camille Barcant, b. Bef 1890, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , d. Aft 1956 (Age ~ 67 years)Documents 
Barcant, Alexander | O'Brien, Rose Emma - Marriage
1875 marriage record for Alexandre Barcant and Ros'ema O'Brien from the records of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Image courtesy Patricia Wight.Last Modified 22 Nov 2021 Family ID F2340 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - Abt 1836 - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 
Married - 6 Nov 1875 - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Died - 21 Oct 1906 - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Buried - 21 Oct 1906 - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
Mathalony, Celine Elizabeth (1807-1896) - Will
Will and two Codicils of Elizabeth (née Mathalony) Barcant, probated in 1897. Available in the Register General of Trinidad and Tobago as Will No. 170 of 1897. It provides evidence of her connection to her three children (Charles, Alexander and Victoire Stephanie "Fannie" Barcant), mentions her sister Mathilde Mathalony, and some of her grandchildren.
Barcant, John Alexander (1836-1906) - Obituary
Obituary for Alexander Barcant published in the Catholic News (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago), Saturday, 27 October 1906, page 4.
Barcant, John Alexander (1836-1906) - Probate Files
Probate files for John Alexander Barcant, from the J.D. Sellier collection in the Alma Jordan Library, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.
Barcant, John Alexander (1836-1906) - Notice of Probate
Notice regarding the probate of the estate of Alexander Barcant by his widow, Rosema Barcant, published in the Port of Spain Gazette, 28 March 1907, page 2.
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Notes - BIRTH:
- Identified as son of Jean Pierre Augustin Barcant and Elizabeth Mathalony in Barcant family history compiled by Geoffrey Barcant, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
- Year of birth would be 1835-1836, according to age (70 years) given in his death record in the records of the Register General, Trinidad and Tobago, researched in April 2022.
- Year of birth would be 1835-1836, according to age (70 years) given in his obituary in the Catholic News (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago), Saturday, 27 October 1906, page 4.
MARRIAGE:
- Wife identified as Ros'ema O'Brien and full date given in 1875 marriage record in the parish records of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Witnesses--J. Bte. Tardieu and Elizabeth Barcant.
- Wife identified as Emma O'Brien in Barcant family history compiled by Geoffrey Barcant, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
OCCUPATION:
- Merchant (1875 marriage record)
- According to the Port of Spain town directory in R.J. Lechmere Guppy (ed.), "Trinidad Official and Commercial Register and Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1888" (London: Trübner & Co., 1888), pp. 141 and 151, the address of Alexander Barcant's business (a partnership with his older brother Charles in Charles Barcant & Co., jewelers) was at 14 Frederick Street, Port of Spain. Book available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=hQJQAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-hQJQAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1
ADDRESS:
- 5 Nelson Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad (1876 list of Burgesses of the Town of Port of Spain in the Port of Spain Gazette, 21 September 1876, page 3, available at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00094730/11988/3x). He is listed as Alexander Barcant and the address is described as a house.
- According to the Port of Spain town directory in the Trinidad Yearbook for 1886, pages 115 and 116, Alexander Barcant was listed with two addresses. The first was at 5 Nelson Street, Port of Spain (in the Market Ward).
The second was at 14 Frederick Street, Port of Spain (in the Brunswick Ward). The latter address is shared with his brother, so is likely their commercial address.
- According to the Port of Spain town directory in R.J. Lechmere Guppy (ed.), "Trinidad Official and Commercial Register and Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1888" (London: Trübner & Co., 1888), page 141, the address of Alexander Barcant's residence was 21A Charlotte Street, Port of Spain.
- In issues of the Catholic News (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago), beginning with its first issue in January 1893, "Messrs. Barcant" (which would be Charles and Alexander Barcant) in Charlotte Street were listed as one of the agents selling the paper.
- Address given as 70 Charlotte Street in his obituary in the Catholic News (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago), Saturday, 27 October 1906, page 4.
- Probate files for Alexander Barcant include a valuation of a building at 70 Charlotte Street, Port of Spain, confirming that this was his address at the time of his death. These papers are in the J.D. Sellier Collection of Papers in the Alma Jordan Library of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago (https://archivespace.sta.uwi.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/175).
OTHER RECORDS:
- Listed (along with his brother Charles Barcant) as a subscriber to erect a statue in honor of the late M. Thiers, ex-President of the French Republic, in the Port of Spain Gazette, 13 October 1877, page 2.
Their father is not in this list.
DEATH:
- Full date of 21 October 1906 given in Barcant family history compiled by Geoffrey Barcant, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
- Full date also given as 21 October 1906 in his obituary in the Catholic News (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago), Saturday, 27 October 1906, page 4.
- Full date also given as 21 October 1906 in his death record in the records of the Register General, Trinidad and Tobago, researched in April 2022. Place of death given as 71 Charlotte Street, Port of Spain. Informant named as "J. Barcant," his son.
BURIAL:
Full date calculated from description ("Sunday") in his obituary in the Catholic News (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago), Saturday, 27 October 1906, page 4.
OBITUARY: The following obituary was published in the Catholic News (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago), Saturday, 27 October 1906, page 4.
"Mr. Alexander Barcant
"Of late, death has been very active amongst us, and he seems to have taken a cruel pleasure in taking away those who could least be spared. This week it is our painful duty to record the death of Mr. Alexander Barcant, 70, Charlotte street, which took place on Sunday last, 21st October at 7:30 a.m.
"Mr. Barcant was one of the links which joined us with the past, being the representative of one of the oldest merchants in Trinidad. Well known in commercial circles, he was still better know by his virtuous and edifying life, and the end was worth of it. Talis vita, finis ita. Of late he had been in failing health, and the end came peacefully on Sunday morning. Father Desmond O.P. gave him Extreme Unction at 6 a.m and Father Dominic Muckian O.P. was present to say the last prayers, as his soul departed to its eternal reward. The funeral took place at the cathedral at 5 p.m. on Sunday, and was attended by an immense number of sorrowing friends. Fathers McAlinney and Muckian accompanied the cortege to the Lapeyrouse Cemetery, and recited the funeral service at the grave.
"We offer our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Barcant and family in their bereavement. R.I.P."
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