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Aretas Gustavus Barker
(1835-1867)
Exa L. Drake
(1835-1927)
Leroy O. Straw
(1843-1906)
Amelia Ada Cram
(1847-1917)
Dr. Justin Starr Barker
(1866-1936)
Edna L. Straw
(1870-Bef 1930)
Aretas Osmond Barker
(1894-1968)

 

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1. Helen Howes

Aretas Osmond Barker

  • Born: 21 Aug 1894, Parsonsfield, York County, Maine
  • Marriage (1): Helen Howes circa 1922
  • Died: 12 Jan 1968, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts at age 73
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1900 Kennebunk, York County, Maine
Justin Barker age 34; born NH; m. 8 yrs; physician; father b. ME; mother b. NH
Edna L. Barker age 28; born ME; m. 8 yrs; ch: 2/1 parents b. ME
Avetas O. Barker age 5 b. Aug 1894 ME

1910 Kennebunk, York County, Maine
Justin S. Barker age 44 NH; occ: physician in office [HOH]
Edna L. Barker age 39; m 17 yrs; ch: 2/2 [wife]
Aretas O. Barker age 15 ME [son]
Dorothy Barker age 9 ME [dau]
Exa Barker age 72; widow with ch: 1/1 [mother]

grad Yale Univ Class of 1915

WWI Draft Card indicates he is Aretas Osmond Barker age 22 of Kennebunk, ME; b. Maplewood, ME 21 Aug 1894; student at Yale Univ; single

1920 census: born NH, living in Kennebunk, ME, age 59. Edna S [49]; children: Dorothy [19], Aretas S [25]; mother: Exa, 84. Justin was a physician.

1930 Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA
Aretas Barker age 34 ME; insurance broker; m. at age 26 [HOH]
Helen Barker age 32 MA; married at age 24 [wife]
Grant S. Barker age 6 MA [son]
Elizabeth Barker age 2 MA [dau]

1940 Cohasset, Ma
Aretas and Helen with ch: Grant and Elizabeth [their third child a dughter must have died between 1931 and 1940]

Divorced Helen in 1941 in Dade county, FL

WWII Draft Card: Apr 1942
Aretas Osmond Barker age 47; res: Cohasset, MA; b. Maplewood, ME 21 Aug 1894; employer: Grant S. Barker of Boston, MA

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 1955 Paper: Boston Herald (Boston, MA) Page: 21
Wedding announcement of Miss Leslie Gardner to Aretas Osmond Barker 8 Oct 1955 in Hampton, CT
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 1973 Paper: Boston Herald (Boston, MA) Page: 27 [obit]
Boston 8 Apr - Mrs Leslie (Gardner) Barker, the widow of Aretas O. Barker. Funeral Services private.
Date: Sunday, January 14, 1968 Paper: Boston Herald (Boston, MA) Page: 63 [obit]
In Boston 12 Jan Aretas O. Barker husband of Leslie (Gardner) Barker. Services private.


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Aretas married Helen Howes circa 1922. The marriage ended in divorce in 1941. (Helen Howes was born circa 1896 in Massachusetts.)


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