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Grace Noelle WOODRUFF

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Grace Noelle WOODRUFF

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Keith WOODRUFF

    John married Lea Ann DOWER. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lea Ann DOWER
    Children:
    1. James Aaron WOODRUFF
    2. Matthew Thomas WOODRUFF
    3. 1. Grace Noelle WOODRUFF
    4. Benjamin Daniel WOODRUFF
    5. Luke Alexander WOODRUFF


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Herbert Evan DOWER

    Herbert married Katy Lea BARR. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Katy Lea BARR
    Children:
    1. 3. Lea Ann DOWER
    2. Gary Alan DOWER
    3. John Stanley DOWER
    4. Thomas Jeffrey DOWER
    5. Robert Edward DOWER


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Stanley James BARR was born on 21 Dec 1897 in Albany, New York (son of James BARR and Ada GLANFIELD); died on 3 Jan 1954 in Sebastapol, California; was buried about 5 Jan 1954 in Santa Rosa, California.

    Other Events:

    • Education: New York, New York; 8th or 9th grade
    • Occupation: railroadman, warehouseman, laborer, cook, sailor, construction man, farmer
    • _UID: 0FF415E971A1D51189730060081E6327050D

    Notes:

    Little is known of Stanley James Barr's father, who was seldom, if ever, discussed. Although pretty much an only child, Stanley did have a younger brother who died in infancy. Stanley was "on his own" at an early age and took to "riding the
    rails" to find work across the country. A tall (6-foot) handsome man, he married the diminutive Olive May Barr, who was 4-foot-8, after the two met at work in a Montgomery Ward Store in Hutchinson, Kan. Olive, who had previously worked as an
    elementary school teacher, took a job at the Wards store, and Stanley, who came to town on the rails, got a job in the warehouse. While living in Nickerson, the couple had three children (Minta Ann, Ada May, and Dale), but then moved to
    California and settled in Petaluma, where their fourth child, Katy, was born. After living for about a year in Petaluma, the family moved to San Francisco, where they remained for about 5 1/2 years before moving to Colusa, where Stanley got a
    job as train master and telegrapher. He got "bumped out of his job" when World War II veterans reclaimed their positions, so he took up carpentry and woodworking. The family then moved to a large ranch near El Verano, Calif., where they lived
    and tended a chicken ranch for 1 1/2 years. Then it was back to Petaluma, where Stanley drove a frozen food truck. They remained in Petaluma for about a year before moving to the Sebastopol area, where they bought a ranch west of the city off
    Jonive Road. Stanley frequented the Sebastopol pool hall, where he often sat and played cards with friends. Before meeting Olive, he was briefly married to a girl, probably in California, but the couple had no children. He also worked as a
    railroad man, warehouse foreman, short order cook, sailor, road construction worker, and farmer.

    Birth:
    Birthplace listed as New York, New York by Debbie Sturm. Social Security death records show date of birth as 21 Dec 1897, New York.

    Buried:
    He was cremated.

    Stanley married Olive May BOOKLESS on 24 Feb 1920 in Nickerson, Kansas. Olive (daughter of Edward Ross BOOKLESS and Estrella Merl WILEY) was born on 2 Nov 1902 in Nickerson, Kansas; died in Apr 1983 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California; was buried in Apr 1983 in Santa Rosa, California. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Olive May BOOKLESS was born on 2 Nov 1902 in Nickerson, Kansas (daughter of Edward Ross BOOKLESS and Estrella Merl WILEY); died in Apr 1983 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California; was buried in Apr 1983 in Santa Rosa, California.

    Other Events:

    • Education: high school and college (unknown)
    • Occupation: teacher, nurse (LVN)
    • _UID: 10F415E971A1D51189730060081E6327061D

    Notes:

    Buried:
    She was cremated.

    Children:
    1. Minta Ann BARR was born on 24 Nov 1929 in Hutchison, Kansas; died in Sep 1981 in Sebastapol, California; was buried in Sep 1981 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sebastapol, California.
    2. Ada May BARR
    3. Dale Edward BARR
    4. 7. Katy Lea BARR



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