Raymond Wilton BARKER

Born

17 April 1901 , Gardiner, Maine, USA

Died

28 January 1964 , Augusta, Maine, USA

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Parents of Raymond Wilton BARKER

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Alberton Bradford BARKER

Mother

Sarah Lucy KIRK

Grandparents of Raymond Wilton BARKER

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Charles Edward BARKER Frances M PERKINS

Maternal grandparents

Charles Harrison KIRK Sarah Jane FRENCH

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1901 Birth

Name: Raymond Barker
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 17 Apr 1901
Event Place: Gardiner,,Maine
Gender: Male
Age:
estimated Birth Year:
father: Alberton B Barker
mother: Sarah L Kirk
Spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
Film Number: 9891
dgs number: 4543969
Image Number: 00496
'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZ34-2JW : accessed 06 Oct 2012), Raymond Barker, 1901.

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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)

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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine

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

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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 - 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: Raymond W Barker
Residence: , Kennebec, Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1902
Age: 18
birthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
Film Number: 1820644
Digital Folder Number: 4300999
Image Number: 00435
sheet number: 5
Household Gender Age
parent Tebutan B Barker M 46y
parent Sarah L Barker F 37y
Raymond W Barker M 18y
Eleanor A Barker F 11y

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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.

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

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: Raymond W Barker
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1902
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0052
family number: 58
Sheet Number and Letter: 3A
Line Number: 17
nara publication: T626, roll 834
Film Number: 2340569
Digital Folder Number: 4584734
Image Number: 00899
Household Gender Age
parent Alberton B Barker M 56
parent Sarah L Barker F 47
Raymond W Barker M 28
Lucy J French F 80
White M 85

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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: Raymond W Barker
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: West Gardiner, West Gardiner Town, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original):
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Son
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1902
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 6-77
family number: 69
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 12
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

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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.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

Obituary

Raymond W. Barker

Raymond Wilton Barker, 63, died unexpectedly Tuesday in Augusta.

Mr. Barker was born in Gardiner, April 17, 1901, the son of Alberton and Sarah Kirk Barker. He was a lifelong resident of the Gardiner and West Gardiner areas.

He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Alton L. Sproul of Hallowell.

Lewiston Evening Journal
Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Thursday, January 30, 1964