Frank Hudson Barr Jr

Brief Life History of Frank Hudson

When Frank Hudson Barr Jr was born on 14 October 1880, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, Frank Hudson Barr, was 30 and his mother, Frances Dorothea Wooldridge, was 32. He married Rosa Gould on 21 April 1904, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 4 November 1918, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Ohio, United States.

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Frank Hudson Barr Jr
1880–1918
Rosa Gould
1880–1961
Marriage: 21 April 1904
Ruth Rosa Barr
1907–1983
William Frank Barr
1909–1978
Jean M. Barr
1911–1983
Frances Wooldridge Barr
1913–1988

Sources (19)

  • Frank H Bass Jr. in household of Frank H Bass, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Frank Hudson Barr, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Frank Hudson Barr, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · Cleveland School of Art

Originally called the Western Reserve School of Design for Women, the Cleveland School of Art is a co-educational school that has highlighted its students works in different arts and designs. After World War II, the school began offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and soon after became the Cleveland Institute of Art. The school today offers 17 different artistic programs all year long.

1894 · May Day Riots of 1894

The May Day Riots were a series of violent demonstrations that occurred throughout the city on May 1. The riots were caused after Cleveland's unemployment rate increased dramatically during the Panic of 1893, causing panic among the unemployed against the city leaders. The most rioters at one time was recorded as a crowd of 5,000 men.

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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