Brief Life History of Robert Otis
When Robert Otis Barr was born on 25 June 1914, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States, his father, Torry Seggward Barr, was 24 and his mother, Blanch Mabel Wilson, was 24. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Arlington Township, Phelps, Missouri, United States in 1950. He died on 19 November 1980, in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Easton Cemetery, Easton, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
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- Robert O Barr, "United States Census, 1950"
- Robert Barr, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Robert Barr in household of Toory S Barr, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Glasgow) and northern Irish (Ulster): habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ or a Brittonic cognate of this.
English and Welsh: habitational name from Great Barr in Staffordshire. This is from Brittonic barro- ‘top, summit’, referring to Barr Beacon; there is evidence that this was known as la Bare in the 13th century.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure, France, or perhaps from Barre-de-Semilly in Manche, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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