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Bessie O’Brien (1894-1972)

Bridgeport Telegram March 30, 1918 Miss Bessie O’Brien of Oak street, Miss Betty Brady of State street and Miss Violet Stiff of Lenox avenue left yesterday for New York where they will spend the week-end as guests at the Hotel … Continue reading

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Norman Leeds Sr.

Norman Leeds ( Bridgeport Telegram Friday, January 19, 1923 Protective Ass’n Chooses Leeds as President Again The annual meeting and reception of the Bridgeport Protective Assoc.iation was held yesterday afternoon at the home on Myrtle avenue, when all annual reports … Continue reading

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Muriel Read

Bridgeport Telegram April 1, 1925 Miss Muriel Read, daughter of Mrs. Paul Ricker of Marina Park is spending the spring vacation at the home of Miss. Henrietta Durant of Charleston, S.C. Miss Read and Miss Durant are classmates at the … Continue reading

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Rock stars: Geologists testing aquifer rocks as containers to permanently trap carbon dioxide

Monday, July 9, 2012 Rock stars: Geologists testing aquifer rocks as containers to permanently trap carbon dioxide MANHATTAN — Two Kansas State University geologists are part of a comprehensive statewide study on using rocks for long-term storage of carbon dioxide. … Continue reading

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Local Woman Killed by Truck

Mrs. Daniel Strecker, sixty, Union Avenue, Bridgeport was instantly killed this afternoon in Devon when she was struck by and automobile truck while alighting from a trolley car.The truck was operated by Henry P. Nothnagle, well known Milford Resident. The … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Leeds Barker

Bridgeport Telegram – Wednesday, September 12, 1923 Announcement of Elizabeth Leeds’ Engagement Made At the fall meeting of the Service club held in Lordship yesterday afternoon at the summer home of Miss Elizabeth Fuller Leeds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. … Continue reading

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Bridgeport Telegram – Oct. 20, 1925

Mr and Mrs Norman Leeds, Mr and Mrs George Barker, Mr and Mrs John Farist Windsor, Judge and Mrs William B Boardman, Mrs George Windsor, A. Fuller Leeds, and Miss Harriet Windsor returned Sunday after attending the wedding of Norman … Continue reading

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Robert Barker -1643

“Robert Barker in 1643 was a member, with his brother John Barker, of the Marshfield military company under Lieutenant Nathaniel Thomas. He was a surveyor of Marshfield in 1645, 1648, and of Duxbury in 1654, 1672, 1677, 1679; constable of … Continue reading

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Robert of Plymouth Colony, Mass.

The link between the lines of Robert Barker of Plymouth Colony, his brother of John of Duxbury, Mass and the English ancestors is clearly shown by the coat0of-arms used by these brothers and their father in England. This coat-of-arms was … Continue reading

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Barker Genealogy – Page 164

William de Calverhall now was William le Barker of Hallon, his son was Roger le Barker, died 1368, his son was William Barker of Hallon, died 1411 his son was Henry Barker of Hallon, died 1438, his son was William … Continue reading

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