William Calvin Orr Barber

1866 - 1916  (50 years)

• Name	William Calvin Orr Barber  [1]
  Birth	2 Sep 1866  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1880	Barber Homestead, Westmoreland County, PA   [1]
  Burial	Sep 1916	Vandergrift Cemetery, Westmoreland County, PA
  Death	2 Sep 1916
  Notes	Married in the parlor of her parents home in Apollo, PA at 11 AM by the reverend D.J. Davis, the Methodist minister at the time. From Elizabeth Kettering Barber's diary, 1 Apr 1958; "After Church, We attended a committee meeting of Lutherans in North Apollo at Mrs. A's home. All those attending were Lutherans. The lady I knew best was Mrs. Lily Ludwig. Long ago when her children were little, and not all of them were yet born, she lived on our farm; They had rented the old homestead where my deceased husband was born & raised. The night was quite cold, but clear." NOTE: I believe that the homestead she is talking about is the home of John and Rachel Barber, pictured under the entry for John Barber. Elizabeth and Calvin lived across the street and about a half-mile away Their farm is gone, and the land now (2007) houses a nursing home. Married in the parlor of her parents home in Apollo, PA at 11 AM by the reverend D.J. Davis, the Methodist minister at the time.
  Person ID	I0143	Halbstein_Parrish Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	John Barber,   b. 4 Apr 1828, Washington Twp, Westmoreland County, PA d. 1902, Barber Homestead, Westmoreland County, PA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Rachel G. Nesbit,   b. 2 Jul 1824, Pennsylvania d. 1892 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Alice Kettering,   b. 3 Aug 1869, Kiskiminetas Twp, Armstrong County d. Apr 1970, Apollo, Armstrong County, PA (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	13 May 1890	Apollo, PA at the home of her parents
  Notes	in Elizabeth's diary, May 13, 1958, she says, "Also I have been married sixty-eight years to day. Married in the parlour of my parents home in Apollo at 11 a.m. by Rev. D.J. Davis. Our methodist minister at that time."
  Children	1. Martha Virginia Barber + 2. Alta Jean Barber,   b. 30 Jul 1891, Apollo, PA d. Jun 1968, Oceanport, NJ (Age 76 years) + 3. Myrtle Barber,   b. 18 Jun 1893   d. 26 Aug 1970, Vandergrift, PA (Age 77 years) + 4. Florence Violet Barber,   b. 24 May 1896, Apollo PA d. 11 May 1975, Apollo, PA 15613 (Age 78 years) + 5. Elizabeth Kettering Barber,   b. 16 Jan 1899, Apollo, PA d. 15 May 1977, Puerto Rico (Age 78 years) + 6. Esther Marie Barber,   b. 13 Jan 1903, Apollo, PA d. 21 Oct 1976, Grove City, Pa 16127 (Age 73 years) + 7. John Donald Barber,   b. 13 Jun 1913, Barber Homestead, Westmoreland County, PA d. 22 Mar 1987, 145 Pittsburgh Ave, Girard, Ohio (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 1880 - Barber Homestead, Westmoreland County, PA Marriage - 13 May 1890 - Apollo, PA at the home of her parents  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		William Calvin Orr Barber There is a fair amount of circumstantial and anecdotal evidence that would indicate that this photo is of Calvin and Elizabeth Barber; it was in a photo album belonging to Alta Jean (Barber) Alcorn, and has been identified by other family members as similar to one they had seen growing up that was identified as such. There are almost no photographs in anyone's possession of these two together; based on the scarcity of photos, one might assume that this was taken on their wedding day. In Elizabeth's diary, she indicates that she and Calvin were married in the parlor of their parents home in May of 1890. She would have been 21, he 23.
  		William Calvin Barber and Elizabeth Kettering Barber Colorized photo of the young couple; looks to have been taken circa 1890, when they were first married. She's wearing the same dress as in the other photograph of the couple; he seems to be wearing the same suit. Perhaps the pictures were taken on the same day - or maybe those were the only fancy clothes the two of them owned.

  
  

  Headstones

  William Calvin Orr Barber

  
  

• Sources

  [S002422] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005). Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. Washington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, ED 108, roll T9_1204, page 408.4000, image . [S118962] 1880 Westmoreland Census, Roll T9_1204, Family History Film 1255204, pp 408..