Ancestrees
William BARR
1877 - 1943 (65 years)-
Name William BARR [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 8 Sep 1877 Kingston, Ontario, Canada [2, 7] Gender Male Death 9 Aug 1943 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA [1, 8] Burial 12 Aug 1943 Person ID I9536 Ancestrees Last Modified 7 Sep 2024
Father Robert BARR, b. Bef 1860, Canada Or Scotland d. Of Montreal, Quebec, Canada Relationship natural Mother Mary COBEILLE, b. Bef 1860, , , , Canada d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Marriage 8 Mar 1876 Kingston, Ontario, Canada [9] Family ID F2058 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. 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] 3. Evelyn BARR, b. Abt 1912, , , OH, USA d. Aft 1943, Of Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA (Age ~ 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. Melba BARR, b. Abt 1917, , , OH, USA d. Aft 1943, Of Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA (Age ~ 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F2050 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Sep 2024
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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.
- 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.
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Sources - [S1149] Hofstetter, Virginia Barr, Interview of Virginia Barr Hofstetter by Linda Coate (July, 2009).
- [S1150] 1920 US Federal Population Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH (www.ancestry.com).
- [S694] 1930 U.S. Federal Population Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH (www.ancestry.com).
- [S1717] Birth Records for Ontario, Canada, 1869-1913 (www.ancestry.com).
- [S524] OneWorldTree (www.ancestry.com).
- [S1148] Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973 (www.ancestry.com).
- [S1728] 1930 US Federal Population Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH (www.ancestry.com).
- [S703] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 (www.ancestry.com).
- [S1718] Robert Barr and Mary Corbeille Marriage Record (www.ancestry.com).
- [S1149] Hofstetter, Virginia Barr, Interview of Virginia Barr Hofstetter by Linda Coate (July, 2009).