Gladys Barrett

Brief Life History of Gladys

When Gladys Barrett was born on 19 April 1900, in Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Arthur Barrett, was 33 and her mother, Edith Ann Manning, was 24. She married VaLeo James Winterton on 21 June 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in United States in 1940 and Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1950. She died on 28 April 1986, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

VaLeo James Winterton
1900–1981
Gladys Barrett
1900–1986
Marriage: 21 June 1929

Sources (27)

  • Gladys Winterton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Gladys Barrett, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Gladys Winterton, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).

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

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