Sunday, April 27, 2025

Some Notes on the Parentage of Lillian Mae Barker Reynolds

Barker Genealogy

"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KS1-2HV7 : Tue Feb 25 10:22:16 UTC 2025), Entry for Lillie Mae Barker and Frank Barker.

Lillie Mae Barker Reynolds

Born: 9 Apr 1876, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky

Parents: Frank Barker, Elizabeth McLay

"United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCG-CXH : Mon Jan 13 12:30:54 UTC 2025), Entry for Francis Barker and Elizabeth Barker, 1880.

Francis Barker 30

Elizabeth 31

Alice 9

Lulu 5

Alfred 3

Baby 0

"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K3M-PMDW : Tue Feb 25 10:31:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Mae Barker and Marion F Barker.

Name Mae Reynolds

Alias Mae Barker

Sex Female

Birth Date 9 Apr 1876

Birthplace Owensburg Da*, Kentucky, United States

Social Program Application Date Apr 1948

Race White

Father's Name Marion F Barker

Father's Sex Male

Mother's Name Elizabeth Malay

Mother's Sex Female

Event Type Social Program Correspondence

"United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7B-4DB : Thu Jan 16 08:26:19 UTC 2025), Entry for Elias Barker and Martha A Barker, 1870.

Elias Barker 45

Martha A 40

Francis M 21

Martha A 14

James R 11

Hiram J 8

Susan M 3

"United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9W1-74J : Sat Jan 18 18:06:39 UTC 2025), Entry for Francis M Barker and Emma Barker, 1900.

Francis M 51 (Jun 1849)

Emma 32

Alfred 23

Martha 12

Mary 13

"United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65M-JVF : Mon Jan 13 03:05:51 UTC 2025), Entry for Elias Barker and Martha Barker, 1850.

Elias 25

Martha 20

Francis M 1

Lucinda 12

"Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWNR-KM9 : 4 March 2021), James R. Barker, 1859.

Name James R. Barker

Sex Male

Father's Name Elias Barker

Father's Sex Male

Mother's Name Martha A. Lambert

Mother's Sex Female

Event Type Birth

Event Date 21 May 1859

Event Place Daviess, Kentucky, United States

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31063308/james-r-barker

James R. Barker

Birth

24 May 1859

Death

25 Jun 1889 (aged 30)

Burial

Lamar Cemetery

Hancock County, Kentucky, USA

Memorial ID

31063308 · View Source

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90196426/elias-c-barker

Elias C. Barker Veteran

Birth

1826

Death

unknown

Burial

Union Baptist Church Cemetery

Hancock County, Kentucky, USA

Memorial ID

90196426 · View Source

Company E 12 KY Cavalry

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90196643/martha_a-barker

Martha A Barker

Birth

9 Jun 1830

Death

13 Mar 1891 (aged 60)

Burial

Union Baptist Church Cemetery

Hancock County, Kentucky, USA

Memorial ID

90196643 · View Source

"United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCG-CX9 : Sun Jan 05 15:23:49 UTC 2025), Entry for Elias Barker and Martha A. Barker, 1880.

Name Elias Barker

Sex Male

Age 55 years

Birth Year (Estimated) 1825

Birthplace Indiana, United States

Marital Status Married

Race White

Relationship to Head of Household


Self


Father's Birthplace Kentucky, United States

Mother's Birthplace Kentucky, United States

Event Type Census

Event Date 1880

Event Place Pellville, Hancock, Kentucky, United States

Event Place (Original) Pellville, ED 119, Hancock, KY, United States

Elias Barker's Spouses and Children


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Susan M. Barker

Daughter

F

13 years

Kentucky, United States


Martha A. Barker

Wife

F

49 years

Kentucky, United States


James R. Barker

Son

M

21 years

Kentucky, United States


Jessie Barker

Son

M

9 years

Kentucky, United States


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William Rufus Day, U.S. Secretary of State

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. President

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Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts and Utah Senator

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William Swift Famous Kin


Saturday, April 19, 2025

Famous Descendants of Henry Howland (1565-1635)

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John Howland (Mayflower passenger)

Nathaniel Gorham (Signer of the U.S. Constitution)

U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin

Governor Jonathan Worth of North Carolina

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet)

Ralph Waldo Emerson (poet)

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U.S. Vice President Levi P. Morton

Governor James Y. Smith of Rhode Island

Horace Gray (U.S. Supreme Court Justice)

Henry H. Rogers (oil tycoon)

Mark Hopkins Jr. (Central Pacific Railroad)

Governor Adelbert Ames of Mississippi

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U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Humphrey Bogart (actor)

U.S. First Lady Edith Roosevelt

Bing Crosby (singer/actor)

William Durant (General Motors and Frigidaire)

U.S. Vice President James Sherman

Governor Samuel Goddard of Arizona

Governor Eugene Foss of Massachusetts

Governor Owen Brewster of Maine

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Sir Winston Churchill (UK Prime Minister)

Marilyn Monroe (actress)

John Steinbeck (author)

Johnny Carson (television host)

Meryl Streep (actress)

Cecil B. DeMille (film director)

Governor Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts

U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan

Ezra Pound (poet/critic)

Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania

Governor Thomas Kean of New Jersey

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford

John Carradine (actor)

Norman Rockwell (artist)

Chevy Chase (comedian)

John Lithgow (actor)

Harry Chapin (singer/songwriter)

Governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts

John Paul Stevens (U.S. Supreme Court Justice)

Governor Gary Herbert of Utah

Geena Davis (actress)

U.S. Senator Henry J. Heinz of Pennsylvania

Hal Holbrook (actor)

Richard Chamberlain (actor)

Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. of New Hampshire

U.S. C.I.A. Director Porter Goss

Glenn Close (actress)

Alec Baldwin (actor)

David Carradine (actor)

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Thomas J. Watson (IBM)

James Taylor (singer/songwriter)

Matt Bomer (actor)

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U.S. First Lady Jill Biden

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Jon Meacham (historian)

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Bill Gates (Microsoft)

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Source: Famous Kin of Henry Howland

Sunday, April 13, 2025

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James Tarpley, Williamsburg Store Owner/Bruton Parish Church contributor

James Vann, Native American Chief

John Marshall, U.S. Chief Justice Supreme Court

William Tecumseh Sherman, Union General American Civil War

George C. Marshall, U.S. General WWII and Secretary of State

Walt Whitman, poet

Joseph Smith, Founder of the Mormon Church

John McCain, U.S. Senator and Vietnam POW

Barak Obama, U.S. President

John Lithgow, Actor

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John Quincy Adams, U.S. President

Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President

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T.S. Eliot, poet/playwright

Sir Winston Churchill, U.K. Prime Minister

Guy Ritchie, British filmmaker

Hugh Grant, actor

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Story Musgrave, astronaut

Angela Davis, civil rights leader

FamousKin.com/Henry Greene

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Meriwether Lewis, explorer

James Madison, U.S. President

Zachary Taylor, U.S. President

Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic

Alice Lee Roosevelt, first wife of Teddy Roosevelt

General Douglas MacArthur, U.S. WWII Pacific

Marilyn Monroe, actress

Jack London, Call of the Wild

Barbara Bush, wife of George H.W. Bush

Richard M. Nixon, U.S. President

Jimmy Carter, U.S. President

Sir Winston Churchill, U.K. Prime Minister

Mitt Romney, Governor of Mass. and U.S. Senator

Warren G. Harding, U.S. President

Robert Frost, poet

Randolph Scott, actor

John Kerry, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State

George W. Bush, U.S. President

Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of U.K.

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General George S. Patton, U.S. WWII, Europe

Camilla Parker Bowles, Queen Consort U.K.

Raquel Welch, actress

Kyra Sedgwick, actress

General George C. Marshall, U.S. WWII

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Princess Diana of Wales, mother of heir to U.K. throne

Warren Buffett, Chair/CEO Berkshire Hathaway

Alec Baldwin, actor

Sally Ride, astronaut

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James Taylor, singer/songwriter

Geena Davis, actress

Hal Holbrook, actor

Glenn Close, actress

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Source: FamousKin.com/Warin Trussell