Category Archives: The Barker’s

Some time around 2005 and 2007 I contacted the Grace Church in New York about my great, great aunt Sarah Barker and they were very helpful and provided a lot of information about her time at the church. Including; A … Continue reading →

In 2005 Pam and I visited Dick on our way up to Maine – he took us to Mountain Grove to see the Barker’s plot. Here are thumbnail image of the markers – click on the image to see the … Continue reading →

August 28, 1859 to September 28, 1944 Deaconess Sarah Kirtland Barker died in Newtown Connecticut on September, 28 1944, following a long illness. She was in her 86th year. The funeral service was held in Trinity Church, Bridgeport CT on … Continue reading →

My Great grandfather Ralph Barker moved from Connecticut to Florida to open a phosphate mining business and I am researching how he found out about more about the origins. Here is some of what I found Some three decades after … Continue reading →

The Deaconess of the Church in Modern Times Reprinted from the Churchman May 4, 1907 In America, the adoption of the Canon of 1889 marked a new beginning in the history of the Deaconess cause. With a view to furnishing … Continue reading →

Eugenia F. Robinson, wife of Ralph Barker, died ar 9:30 o’clock last night after a lingering illness. Mrs. Barker was a native of Bridgeport, residing in her childhood on Courtland Hill opposite the well known school of Rev. G.B. Day. … Continue reading →

Yale CollegeCompiled for its Sexennial(provided to me by Uncle Dick) RALPH BARKER, the son of George and Cornelia (Clark) Barker, was born in Brooklyn, NY August 26,1857. He lived in New York City until fourteen years of age, when he … Continue reading →

March 25, 1968 – Bridgeport Post Mrs Edith Lee Morfey,93, of Welwyn, Garden City England and widow of Cyrus Morfey, and mother of Hubert C. Morfey of 60 Fern Street, Fairfield, who she visited on numerous occasions died on March … Continue reading →