Person:Peter Barker (13)

Watchers
Peter Barker
b.9 Apr 1880 Floyd, Indiana, United States
d.15 May 1972 Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
m. 21 Oct 1873
  1. Louis Barker1871 - 1904
  2. Joseph Barker1875 - 1952
  3. Kate Barker1876 - 1950
  4. Peter Barker1880 - 1972
  5. John Barker1883 - 1965
  6. Alexander Barker1886 - 1951
  7. George James Barker, Jr1887 - 1940
  8. Mary Josephine Barker1892 - 1937
  9. Stella Barker1900 - 1949
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 13 Sep 1899
  1. Oscar Ormond Barker1900 - 1900
  2. Louis Barker1901 -
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 21 Oct 1905
  1. Erma Mae Barker1906 - 1997
  2. Peter Barker, Jr1908 - 1908
  3. Oscar Barker1908 - 1908
  4. Mary Katherine Barker1909 - 1909
  5. William Ervin Barker1910 - 2001
  6. Robert Edward Barker1914 - 2005
  7. Otto Franklin Barker1917 - 1987
  8. Clarence Alfred Barker1919 - 1993
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 29 Dec 1962
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name Peter Barker
Gender Male
Birth? 9 Apr 1880 Floyd, Indiana, United States
Illness[14] 1897
Marriage 13 Sep 1899 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United Statesto Cordelia Ruby (E) Kohler
Residence[5] 30 Sep 1900 312 East Ninth Street, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Residence[6] 1903 425 W First, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Marriage 21 Oct 1905 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United Statesto Fairy Belle Hicks
Residence[7][15] 1907 225 W 9th, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Residence[16] Aft 21 Apr 1910 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Other[17] 28 Jul 1914 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United StatesEvent-Misc
Other[18] Abt 1916 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United StatesAnecdote
Baptism[8][9][10][20] Abt 1919 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Residence[19] 1919 Rt 1 Box 120, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Residence[11][12] Bet Jul 1922 and Aug 1922 River Road, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Divorce Filing 8 Jun 1932 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United Statesfrom Fairy Belle Hicks
Retirement? 1943 Public Service Company of Indiana, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Other[21] 1957 New Albany SDA church, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United StatesAnecdote
Marriage 29 Dec 1962 to Lena Frances Howe
Residence? 1970 2205 Lemon Creek Road, Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Residence? the center of town across from filling station, Georgetown, Harrison, Indiana, United States
Death[1][2][3][4] 15 May 1972 Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Burial[4][3] 16 May 1972 Elizabeth SDA Church Cemetery, Elizabeth, Harrison, Indiana, United States
Other[13] Anecdote
References
  1. ↑ Death of Barker, Peter - cert, Name Of Person: Peter Barker, Volume: File number 627.
  2. ↑ Eulogy of Barker, Peter written and read by Chester Budd at his funeral.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Grave of Barker, Peter, Url: www.findagrave.com/memorial/224489388/peter-barker.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Death of Barker, Peter-NAT: Local Deaths, Location: New Albany, IN, Page: page 6 col 2. (15 May 1972).
  5. ↑ New Albany Daily Ledger
    1 Oct 1900 page 4 col 1.
  6. ↑ Caron's New Albany and Jeffersonville City Directory (4). (Caron Directory Co., 127 S. Third St., Louisville, KY, 1903-04)
    Vol XV page 77.
  7. ↑ Caron's New Albany and Jeffersonville City Directory (2). (Caron Directory Co., 127 S. Third St., Louisville, KY, 1907-08)
    page 48.
  8. ↑ Erma Mae Barker. Interview of Barker, Erma 15Nov1995, Interviewer: Marvin Earl Budd. (November 15, 1995).
  9. ↑ Erma Mae Barker. Interview of Barker, Erma 24Nov1990, Interviewer: Marvin Earl Budd. (November 24, 1990).
  10. ↑ Josephine Cunnington Edwards. Bricks for Sale. (Review and Herald publishing Association, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C., 1941).
  11. ↑ Erma Mae Barker. Interview with Erma Budd, Interviewer: Marvin Earl Budd
    7 Jul 1993.
  12. ↑ Robert Edward Barker. Interview Robert Barker 11 Mar 2002 - see BRKR20020311a, Interviewer: Marvin Earl Budd, Informant Address: Spr. (11 Mar 2002).
  13. ↑ Peter told a story about working on a pole when his supervisor asked him to connect a wire and it cut off power to the street houses. "You should have seen zem frenchmen come out of the houses"
  14. ↑ stricken with hernias
  15. ↑ electrician
  16. ↑ moved between the census and when William was born. Peter built their home near the end of the trolley run out of town
  17. ↑ working on a broken electrical pole. It crashed to the ground and he jumped off a few feet above the ground. The incident crushed his ankles and he was hospitalized. Then went home to recover. He wasn't expected to walk again
  18. ↑ about 1 1/2 years after his accident Peter got a job in the railroad roundhouse. He issued tools to repairmen. Mother Barker was protestant and Erma went to Sunday school. On the Sunday when Erma was to be sprinkled Peter came along to be "religious" with family. He read the family Bible on his own until Oscar Menzle at the roundhouse asked to study with him. Oscar was a backslidden Seventh-day Adventist and knew about the Sabbath. When Peter discovered it they both started keeping it. Peter called Oscar his first convert!
  19. ↑ from postcard in William Barker collection to Stella. Says will visit her in 2-3 weeks
  20. ↑ CT Everson held an effort in Kansas City. Peter attended and became enthused with the Seventh-day Adventist message and wanted to bring it back to his family in New Albany. Peter Barker's conversion story is written in book "Bricks for Sale" by Josephine Cunnington Edwards
  21. ↑ He helped roof the church even though his eyesight was poor
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Peter_Barker_%2813%29"