Alberton Bradford BARKER

Born

2 October 1873 , Crystal, Maine, USA

Died

28 January 1957 , Gardiner, Maine, USA

Alberton Bradford married Sarah Lucy KIRK 22 March 1897 in Gardiner, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Sarah Lucy KIRK was born 5 August 1882 in Gardiner, Maine, USA. Sarah Lucy died 22 February 1963 in West Gardiner, Maine, USA. Sarah Lucy was the child of Charles Harrison KIRK and Sarah Jane FRENCH .

Parents & Family of Alberton Bradford BARKER

Parents of Alberton Bradford BARKER

Father

Charles Edward BARKER

Mother

Frances M PERKINS

Grandparents of Alberton Bradford BARKER

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Enoch PERKINS Mariam (Merriam) JONES

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alberton Bradford BARKER

Alberton Bradford BARKER married

Sarah Lucy KIRK
Marriage date: 22 March 1897
Marriage place: Gardiner, Maine, USA
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Sarah Lucy KIRK was the child of Charles Harrison KIRK and Sarah Jane FRENCH

Marriage notes:

Alberton B. Barker and Sara Lucia Kirk, both of Gardiner, Me.

He is 23. She is 14. He is a laborer, born in Crystal, Me. She is a housekeeper born in Gardiner, Me. It is the first marriage for both.

Intention filed: March 16, 1897

married by: Chas. O. Wadsworth, Justice of the Peace, Gardiner, Me. on Mar 22 in Gardiner, Me.

He is the son of Chas E. Barker of Gardiner, occupation: Carpenter and Fannie Perkins of Gardiner, occupation housewife, born in Damariscotta, Me.

She is the daughter of Chas. H. Kirk, deceased, teamster, born in Gardiner and Sarah J. French, housewife, of Gardiner, born in Solon.

"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Barker and Kirk, .

name: Barker

event type: Marriage

event date:

event place: Gardiner,,Maine

gender: Male

age:

estimated birth year:

father: Chas E Barker

mother: Fannie Perkins

spouse: Kirk

spouse's father: Chas H Kirk

spouse's mother: Sarah J French

film number: 9891

dgs number: 4543969

image number: 00355

"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 06 Oct 2012), Barker and Kirk, .

name: Alburton B Barker

event type: Marriage

event date: 22 Mar 1897

event place: Gardiner,,Maine

gender: Male

age:

estimated birth year:

father: Barker

mother:

spouse: Sara Lucia Kirk

spouse's father: Kirk

spouse's mother:

film number: 9891

dgs number: 4543969

image number: 00356

"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 06 Oct 2012), Alburton B Barker and Sara Lucia Kirk, 1897.

Children of Alberton Bradford BARKER and Sarah Lucy KIRK

Raymond Wilton BARKER

Born: 17 April 1901, Gardiner, Maine, USA
Died: 28 January 1964, Augusta, Maine, USA

Mabel E BARKER

Born: 10 April 1903, Gardiner, Maine, USA
Died: 23 May 1986, Augusta, Maine, USA

Married: Alton Lionel SPROUL 28 April 1923 Place: , Maine, USA

Eleanor A BARKER

Born: 29 January 1908, Gardiner, Maine, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1873
2 October 1873
Crystal, Maine, USA

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Hersey, Aroostook, Maine

Name: Alberton B. Barker
Residence: Hersey, Aroostook, Maine
birthdate: 1871
birthPlace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's Name:
spouse's birthPlace:
father's Name: Charles E. Barker
father's birthPlace: Maine, United States
mother's Name: Frances M. Barker
mother's birthPlace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 9 years
Occupation:
nara Film Number: T9-0476
pAge: 328
page character: B
entry number: 2623
Film Number: 1254476
Household Gender Age
parent Charles E. Barker M 36
parent Frances M. Barker F 31
Avis J. Barker F 13
Henry W. Barker M 9
Alberton B. Barker M 9
Henry Barker M 68

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 Marriage / Partner
Alberton Bradford BARKER and Sarah Lucy KIRK 22 March 1897, Gardiner, Maine, USA

He was 23 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Alburton B Barker
titles & terms:
Residence: Gardiner city, Kennebec, Maine
Birth Date: Oct 1873
birthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household:
Spouse:
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's birthPlace:
father:
father's titles & terms:
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother:
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthPlace: Maine
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Kendall Campbell
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 3
estimated marriage year: 1897
mother how many children:
number living children:
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0117
pAge: 7
sheet letter: B
family number: 167
reference number: 73
Film Number: 1240594
Image Number: 00048
Household Gender Age
Kendall Campbell M
Sarah J Campbell F
Alburton B Barker M
Sarah L Barker F
Mabel Kirk F

Source / record details
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Birth of Child
Raymond Wilton BARKER was born 17 April 1901, Gardiner, Maine, USA

Alberton Bradford was 27 years old.

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1903 Birth of Child
Mabel E BARKER was born 10 April 1903, Gardiner, Maine, USA

Alberton Bradford was 29 years old.

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1908 Birth of Child
Eleanor A BARKER was born 29 January 1908, Gardiner, Maine, USA

Alberton Bradford was 34 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Alberta E Barker
birthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Gardiner Ward 1, Kennebec, Maine
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
family number: 56
page number: 2
Household Gender Age
Alberta E Barker M 36y
spouse Sarah L Barker F 27y
child Ramond W Barker M 9y
child Mable E Barker F 7y
child Elenor A Barker F 1y

Source / record details
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 World War I Draft Registration

Name: Alberton Bradford Barker
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
Event Place: Kennebec County no 2, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 02 Oct 1873
birthPlace: , , United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
Film Number: 1653909
Digital Folder Number: 005207056
Image Number: 02140

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZFR-PCC : accessed 01 Dec 2012), Alberton Bradford Barker, .

Source / record details
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Kennebec County, Maine

Name: Tebutan B Barker
Residence: , Kennebec, Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1874
Age: 46
birthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
Film Number: 1820644
Digital Folder Number: 4300999
Image Number: 00435
sheet number: 5
Household Gender Age
Tebutan B Barker M 46y
spouse Sarah L Barker F 37y
child Raymond W Barker M 18y
child Eleanor A Barker F 11y

Source / record details
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1922 Birth and Death of son

Name: Alberton B Barker Junior
Gender: Male
Age: 0
Birth Date: 8 May 1922
Death Date: 13 May 1922
Death Place: West Gardiner
Registration Place: West Gardiner, Kennebec
Father: Alberton B
Mother: Sarah L

Ancestry.com. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Death Records, 1617-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

Source / record details
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1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 Marriage of Child
Mabel E BARKER married 28 April 1923, , Maine, USA to Alton Lionel SPROUL

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Alberton B Barker
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1874
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0052
family number: 58
Sheet Number and Letter: 3A
Line Number: 15
nara publication: T626, roll 834
Film Number: 2340569
Digital Folder Number: 4584734
Image Number: 00899
Household Gender Age
Alberton B Barker M 56
spouse Sarah L Barker F 47
child Raymond W Barker M 28
Lucy J French F 80
White M 85

Source / record details
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Alberton B Barker
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: West Gardiner, West Gardiner Town, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1874
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 6-77
family number: 69
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 10
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1481
Digital Folder Number: 005462025
Image Number: 00888
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Alberton B Barker M 66 Maine
wife Sarah L Barker F 57 Maine
son Raymond W Barker M 38 Maine

Source / record details
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1957 - Death

Name: Alberton B. BARKER
Date of Death: Monday, 28 Jan. 1957
Place of Death: Not given
Age: Not given
Death Certificate Number: 437

Source citation: 'Maine Deaths, 1956-1997,' database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_death_record.asp?id=403523 : accessed 3 June 2012), entry for Alberton B. BARKER, 28 Jan. 1957, citing Maine Vital Records.