Dr. William Barr

1877 - 1943  (65 years)

• Name	Dr. William Barr  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	8 Sep 1877	Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7, 8, 9, 11]
  Baptism	16 Sep 1877	Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Aug 1943	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA   [1, 12]
  Burial	12 Aug 1943
  Person ID	I8805	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Barr,   b. Bef 1860, Canada Or Scotland d. 5 Nov 1898, Of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age > 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marie "Mary" Corbeille,   b. 1856, , Quebec, Canada d. Maybe 4 Mar 1930, Cuyahoga, Ohio (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Mar 1876	Kingston, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Family ID	F2060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Chatterton,   b. 16 Mar 1881, Campbellton, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada d. Apr 1967, New Lexington, Knox, Ohio, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1906	Montreal, , Qu   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Robert W. Barr,   b. 9 Jul 1913, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA d. 1 May 1961, Maple Heights, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Evelyn Barr,   b. Abt 1912, , , OH, USA d. Aft 1943, Of Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA (Age > 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Melba Barr,   b. Abt 1917, , , OH, USA d. Aft 1943, Of Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA (Age > 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Margaret Isabel Barr,   b. 18 Oct 1908, , Frontenac, Ontario, Canada d. Aft 1943, Of Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA (Age > 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He, his wife and oldest daughter were born in Canada and became naturalized citizens when they moved to Ohio, in the range of 1909-1912. He was a lineman in his first daughter's birth record in 1908. He was a lineman (in the telegraph in) earning a wage according to the 1920 census record. In the 1930 census, he and his wife were living alone. It gives their same age and states that he was a lineman by trade. In this census, his father is listed as being born in Scotland, not Canada as the 1920 census had. He was not working at the time. His wife was employed as a maid in a home. His daughter, Evelyn and son Robert and son Melba are living in the household next to them. He registered for the draft in World War I. It is unknown if he actually served in this war, but he did enlist in World War II. The World War I record gives his wife's name as Jane. He was employed by Sherwin Williams Co. They lived at 1437 17th St. in Cleveland. He was born on Sep 8, 1877 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada according to the World War II record. They lived at 3126 Prospect Ave. in Cleveland at the time. He was employed by the W.P.A. on Oct. 25, 1942. He was 6 ft. tall, 240 lbs., had gray eyes and hair, wore glasses and had a broken finger on his left hand. The 1920 census was taken in Jan. of 1920, so he would have been 42 years of age matching this World War II Registration card. He looked just like Theodore Roosevelt even down to the dress. He worked with the CCC. He ran one unit. He was dared to pick up this huge tree trunk. He could never pass up a dare and this one ripped his bowels and eventually killed him. His obituary in the Cleveland Plain Dealer was as follows: "Barr, William, beloved husband of Jane, father of Isabelle Clark, Evelyn Maxwell, Robert Barr and Melba Leckin, residence 3126 Prospect Ave. Friends may call at A.E. Brown Funeral Home, 8806 Euclid Ave. Services Thursday, Aug. 12, 2 p.m." The following newspaper articles might possibly belong to this family in the Cleveland Plain dealer. There were many Barr families living in the area previous to this Barr family locating in Cleveland though Navarre, Nov. 16: Mr. and Mrs. William Barr and daughter spent Sunday with the former parents: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1551] Hofstetter, Virginia Barr, Interview of Virginia Barr Hofstetter by Linda Coate (July, 2009). [S1572] 1920 US Federal Population Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH (www.ancestry.com). [S876] 1930 U.S. Federal Population Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH (www.ancestry.com). [S2148] Birth Records for Ontario, Canada, 1869-1913 (www.ancestry.com). [S665] OneWorldTree (www.ancestry.com). [S1497] Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973 (www.ancestry.com). [S2150] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;). Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923 [S794] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S2151] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917 [S2194] Ancestry.com, Canada, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA;), The Daily British Whig; Publication Date: 5 Nov 1898; Publication Place: Kingston, Ontario, Canada; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/783531812/?article=c6ad5916-e79e-4b5f-be29-8f24dc4ec276&focus=0.5557963,0.5579759,0.6872811,0.7876293&xid=3355. https://www.newspapers.com/image/783531812/?article=c6ad5916-e79e-4b5f-be29-8f24dc4ec276&focus=0.5557963,0.5579759,0.6872811,0.7876293&xid=3355 [S2163] 1930 US Federal Population Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH (www.ancestry.com). [S938] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 (www.ancestry.com). [S2149] Robert Barr and Mary Corbeille Marriage Record (www.ancestry.com).