Chester A S BARKER

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8 October 1896 , Skowhegan, Maine, USA

Died

13 February 1934 , Skowhegan, Maine, USA

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Harry W BARKER Gertrude M SEDGLEY

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Born: 8 October 1896 in Skowhegan, Maine, USA

Father: Harry W BARKER

Mother: Gertrude M SEDGLEY

Paternal grandparents: Charles Edward BARKER , Frances M PERKINS

Maternal grandparents: William H SEDGLEY , Nancy C DREW

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Chester A S married Mary Frances REGAN 10 October 1922 in Skowhegan, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Mary Frances REGAN was born 28 October 1902 in Rumford, Maine, USA. Mary Frances died 14 March 1983 in Skowhegan, Maine, USA (Bloomfield). Mary Frances was the child of James Vincent REGAN and Mary Eliza CAYFORD.

Chester A S BARKER died 13 February 1934 in Skowhegan, Maine, USA .
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Chester A S BARKER married

Mary Frances REGAN
Marriage date: 10 October 1922
Marriage place: Skowhegan, Maine, USA
Mary Frances REGAN was the child of James Vincent REGAN and Mary Eliza CAYFORD

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Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence

MARY F REGAN - Bride

CHESTER S BARKER - Groom Oct 10, 1922 Maine, United States Marriage 0 SKOWHEGAN SKOWHEGAN ME ME

Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) (Database courtesy of Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine.)

Children of Chester A S BARKER and Mary Frances REGAN

Evelyn Nancy BARKER

Born: 15 November 1922, Skowhegan, Maine, USA
Died: 5 April 1986, Skowhegan, Maine, USA

Lucia BARKER

Born: 21 March 1929, , Maine, USA
Died: 19 August 2001, Skowhegan, Maine, USA

Married: Paul W TEWKSBURY 27 February 1949 Place: , Maine, USA

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1896 Birth
name: Barker
event type: Birth
event date: 08 Oct 1896
event place: Skowhegan,,Maine
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father: Harry Barker
mother: Gertrude Sedgley
spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
film number: 9891
dgs number: 4543969
image number: 00313

'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZ3H-44W : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Harry Barker in entry for Barker, 1896.
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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 Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine
name: Chester A Barker
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 164 Skowhegan town Skowhegan village, Somerset, Maine, United States
birth date: Oct 1896
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 41
sheet letter: B
family number: 938
reference number: 57
film number: 1240600
digital folder number: 004120200
image number: 00497
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Harry W Barker M 27 Maine
wife Gertrude M Barker F 21 Maine
son Chester A Barker M 4 Maine
son Robert H Barker M 0 Maine
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

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 Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine
name: Chester T Barker
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Son
residence: Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 310
page number: 11
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Harry N Barker M 37y Maine
wife Gertrude M Barker F 32y Maine
son Chester T Barker M 14y Maine
son Robert H Barker M 10y Maine
William H Sedgley M 54y Maine
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1917 World War I Draft Registration
name: Chester S Barker
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Somerset County, Maine, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 08 Oct 1896
birthplace: Skowhegan, Maine, 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: 1654017
digital folder number: 005207068
image number: 01209

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZFB-41D : accessed 03 Dec 2012), Chester S Barker, .
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

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 Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine
name: Chester A S Barker
residence: , Somerset, Maine
estimated birth year: 1897
age: 23
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: 1820648
digital folder number: 4301003
image number: 01071
sheet number: 18
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Hary W Barker M 47y Maine
wife Gertrude M Barker F 41y Maine
son Chester A S Barker M 23y Maine
son Robert H Barker M 19y Maine
William H Sedgley M 64y Maine
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Marriage / Partner
Chester A S BARKER and Mary Frances REGAN 10 October 1922, Skowhegan, Maine, USA (Bloomfield)

He was 26 years old.

1922 Birth of Child
Evelyn Nancy BARKER was born 15 November 1922, Skowhegan, Maine, USA (Bloomfield)

Chester A S was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Lucia BARKER was born 21 March 1929, , Maine, USA

Chester A S was 32 years old.

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

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

1930 Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine
name: Chester S Barker
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine
gender: Male
age: 34
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1896
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0078
family number: 68
sheet number and letter: 37A
line number: 28
nara publication: T626, roll 839
film number: 2340574
digital folder number: 4584739
image number: 01120
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Harry Barker M 58 Maine
wife Gertrude M Barker F 52 Maine
son Chester S Barker M 34 Maine
daughter-in-law Francis M Barker F 27 Maine
granddaughter Evelyn Barker F 7 Maine
granddaughter Lucia A Barker F 1 Maine
boarder Dorothy T Cressey F 24 Maine
boarder John D Cressey M 49 Maine
boarder Roberta Cressey F 45 Maine
niece Alicia P Moore F 11 Maine
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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

Obituary
Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston, Maine, February 14, 1934

Chester S. Barker
SKOWHEGAN, Feb. 14. - Following a long illness, Chester S. Barker, 38, died at his home on Summer street Tuesday afternoon. He was born in Skowhegan, the son of Harry W. and Gertrude Sedgley Barker. He had been employed as a mechanic and house painter. He was a member of Knights of Pythias.

Besides his wife, formerly Mary Regan, he leaves three children, Evelyn, Lucia and William J.; his parents; a brother, Robert, Massachusetts.