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In the Spring of 2000 I along with mom and dad traveled to Connecticut to attend Dick Barker’s retirement gala – 50 years at Yale. While we were in Bridgeport we went by Mountain Grove Cemetery to see the Edward’s … Continue reading →

A statement provided by my father George Robinson Barker about what he knows or remembers about his grandfather who died a year before he was born. Partner: Only reference, Captain Inglis. Based in Savannah where my aunt Eugenia spent many … Continue reading →

The house at 66 Marina Park Circle in Bridgeport is a Shingle-style cottage built in 1892 for Charles B. Read. It was acquired by the University of Bridgeport in 1947 and served as Linden Hall, a women’s dormitory. The above … Continue reading →

A large majority of the Barker’s settled here in Branford, CT. Uncle Dick told me that there were several books in the local library several of the Barker lines. History of Branford, CT ________________________________________ In 1638 the New Haven Colony … Continue reading →

Our grandfather, Ralph Barker’s sister Sarah Barker was the first graduate from this school. New York Training School for Deaconesses Project (History Provided by the Episcopal Diocese of New York Archives) THE NEW YORK TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DEACONESSES was founded … Continue reading →

From Bob Barker on July 8,2017: Attached  is a picture of the plane that I crewed on during my stay in the squadron, 1952-1955. It is a Consolidated P4Y Privateer, the Navy version of the Airforce B24 Liberator. That plane … Continue reading →

The Florida Times-Union Jacksonville, Wednesday, September 28, 1955 Navy Plane Missing With 11 Local Men A Navy Hurricane Hunter plane with 9 Jacksonville Naval Air Station men aboard and 2 news men has disappeared while probling the 110-mile-an-hour winds of … Continue reading →

George Burroughs Torrey (1863–1942) was an American painter, best known for his portraits. He has been called the “painter of presidents”, because he painted portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Herbert Hoover. He was born in the old … Continue reading →

When Edith May Edwards was born on December 4, 1878, in Connecticut, her father, Louis, was 21 and her mother, Hattie, was 23. She married Russell Hitchcock Whiting on December 6, 1899, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They had two children during … Continue reading →

I found this small red suede photo album in my uncle, Dick Barker’s house. From the way the photos were arranged I’m speculating the book belonged to Eugenia Robinson or her mother – the book started with pictures of Eugenia’s … Continue reading →