Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Lt-Col. Charles Richard Mackay O'Brien, KCMG

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Barbados
Male 1859 - 1935  (75 years)

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  • Name Charles Richard Mackay O'Brien 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 13 Dec 1859  Bengal Presidency, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Barbados 
    WWW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_O%27Brien_(colonial_administrator) 
    Death 29 Nov 1935  [2, 3
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2020 

    Wife Christina Mary "Ina" Burn-Murdoch
              b. 5 Aug 1854  
              d. 1899 (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jan 1884  [3
    Age at Marriage Charles was 24 years old - Christina was 29 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Ina Kathleen Philippa O'Brien
              b. 5 Feb 1885, Bengal Presidency, India Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Feb 1968, County Galway, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. Charles Terence Edmund Hamilton O'Brien
              b. 17 Dec 1888  
              d. 1979 (Age 90 years)
     3. John Francis Clare O'Brien
              b. 15 Jul 1893, Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, India Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Feb 1985, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2020 

  • Notes 
    • According to the Times Obit (2 Dec 1935), he left two sons and a daughter by Christina Burn-Murdoch and two daughters by Seline Beatrice Elphinstone, whom he married in 1902.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Dec 1859 - Bengal Presidency, India Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0166] Ancestry, India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, (ancestry.co.uk), 13 Dec 1859, Charles Richard Mackay O'Brien.

    2. [S0442] Ancestry, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, (ancestry.co.uk), 1935, Charles R M O'Brien.

    3. [S0385] Ed. Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition (Scotland), (Wilmington, Delaware, 2001), 2001, Burn-Murdoch; Volume 1; Pages 1061-1063.