William Clyde Barton

Brief Life History of William Clyde

When William Clyde Barton was born on 26 August 1907, in Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, William Chesley Barton, was 23 and his mother, Mary Jeanette Davidson, was 22. He married Margaret Ann Wemple on 18 May 1929, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 18 June 2000, in Des Moines, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Clyde Barton
1907–2000
Margaret Ann Wemple
1904–1989
Marriage: 18 May 1929
William Clyde Barton Jr.
1930–2019
Emily Ann Barton
1932–2006

Sources (42)

  • W Clyde Barton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William C Barton Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • William C Barton, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.

Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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