BARBER, William, Ella and Frank

WILLIAM BARBER

UPDATE - These three Barber photos have been claimed by a relative and are going home!

Identification on photo: WILLIAM BARBER
Photo taken: W.E. Sherwood studio, New Berlin, NY, circa 1900
Purchased: Aug 2018 at the Madison-Bouckville Antiques Week



Identification on photo: ELLA BARBER
Photo taken: Curtis studio, Oneonta, NY, circa 1899
Purchased: Aug 2018 at the Madison-Bouckville Antiques Week

ELLA BARBER

Identification on photo: FRANK W. BARBER, 8 yrs
Photo taken: 8 Jan 1908, no studio mark
Purchased: Aug 2018 at the Madison-Bouckville Antiques Week

FRANK W. BARBER

1900 Federal Census > New York > Chenango > Columbus
BARBER, William H., head, Feb 1867, 33, born in NY of NY and Irish parents, farmer
BARBER, Ella L., wife, July 1879, 20, m. 1 year, has 1 child, born in NY of NY parents
BARBER, Frank W., son, Jan 1900, 4 mo., born in NY
HOOKER, Harold H., 19, farm worker

There was also a daughter of this couple, Mary (1902-1908) who died of Scarlet Fever at age 6.

Father, William H Barber (1867-1902) was the son of Hiram Barber (1833-1886) and Mary Clark (1835-1912). He is buried with his parents in the Greenwood Cemetery in New Berlin NY.

After the death of her husband, Ella Stanton-Barber remarried Herbert Wightman, (who worked for the Railroad Company) and relocated to Athens, Pennsylvania, which is just over the NY state line and southwest of Binghamton NY.

Ella (1879-__) was a daughter of Eldred Stanton and Malissa Snedecker of Laurens NY in Otsego County. She and Herbert Wightman are buried at the Fairview Cemetery in New Berlin NY. As you can see on her headstone (see photo), the death year is not legible, but may end in a 3. Her husband died in 1943.

1928-June-28 Frank William Barber is married to Marjorie Cathryn Hosmer (a teacher from Norfolk NY). At that time is a resident of East Rochester NY.

Frank and Marjorie had three children:
Bernard  E. (1929-1985)
Frank William Jr (1932-1995)
Nellie (1930- )


Frank Barber, born 8-Jan-1900, died in June 1973 in Long Beach, Calif. He is buried at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, along with his wife Marjorie and son Bernard.