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Descendants of
Henry Barlow
& Harriet Buckley
Manchester England, Passaic Co New Jersey, with family to New York,
Michigan, Texas, Georgia & Missouri
Geralyn Barry
The BARLOWs I'm researching were more recent immigrants
to the USA. They came to Paterson, Passaic Co New Jersey from Manchester
England about 1863.
Generation 1
Henry BARLOW b: England abt 1817
He married Harriet BUCKLEY b: England abt 1836
Sons:
2. Edward BARLOW b: England abt 1857
3. Robert Henry BARLOW b: England abt 1863
4. George BARLOW b: Feb 1870 Paterson New Jersey, died young
Generation 2
Edward BARLOW married 1. Margaret______about
1878
They lived in Paterson and had these children all born in New
Jersey:
5. Harry BARLOW b: abt November 1879
6. Hattie BARLOW b: abt February 1884
7. Edward BARLOW b: abt October 1885
8. Thomas BARLOW b: abt August 1887
9. May BARLOW b: abt May 1890
Edward BARLOW married 2. Annie
______ about 1896.
They lived in Paterson and had 2 children that I know of born
there:
1. Lettie BARLOW b: abt July 1897
2. Annie BARLOW b: abt August 1899
I have not traced this family much and don't know what happened
to them
Robert Henry BARLOW married Margaret HARROLD
(my grandfather's aunt) in Paterson in 1886
They had children, as shown in Margaret's 1940 obituary
10. Edward H. BARLOW b: abt January 1888 (of
Clifton New Jersey, formerly of Georgia)
He was married to Helen ______ from Pennsylvania.
They were living in Detroit, Michigan in the 1920 census with
their daughter Helen, age 5, b: Michigan.
The obit from 1940 mentioned Helen PEARCE of
Royal Oak Michigan as a granddaughter,
and also a great-granddaughter. She may have been the wife
of Allen Richard PEARCE of
Detroit. No more information on them, though I've done quite
a bit of searching. |
11. Major Robert Henry BARLOW, Jr. b: abt June
1889 (of Tyler Texas)
My aunt told me that this fellow was in the border patrol
and that he married a woman from NY state and went to live there
after he retired.
12. Harold John BARLOW b: 06 February 1892
in Paterson New Jersey (of St. Louis, Missouri)
I found the WWI US Draft Registration Card
for Harold John BARLOW. It was filed under Paterson, Passaic
Co New Jersey, but has on it the stamp and signature of the
County Commissioner's Office of Washington Co Pennsylvania.
Front of card
Back of card
Name: Harold John Barlow
Age: 25
Home address: 68 Beech Street, Paterson, NJ
Date of birth: 6 February 1892
Natural-born citizen
Born Paterson New Jersey USA
Present occupation: Circus agent
By whom employed: Mighty Don's Show
Where employed: Donora Pennsylvania Wash Co
Parcialy [sic] supports mother and father
Single, white, no prior military service
Claims no exemption from draft
[signature] Harold John Barlow |
Height short
Build: stout
Eyes: blue
Hair: dark, not bald
Not disabled
[signed] John O. Watson,
Pres. Board of Co Comm
Washington Co Pennsylvania
Fourth District, Ninth Ward, Paterson New Jersey
05 June 1917 |
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My elderly aunt said Harold
owned a circus, but didn't know which one. This is the first
time I've found a name for the circus - it looks like he
does not own it at this point. I will try to find out more
about this circus and if he stayed with it or worked for
others later. I wonder if he was just there in Donora with
the circus for a performance when he was required to register
for the draft or whether Donora was the home base for this
circus. I discovered that there is a newspaper for the area
called The Claysville Recorder available on micro- film
at the public library in Washington Pennsylvania - it might
have a notice about a circus coming to town. I have read
that the Circus World Museum & Research Center in Baraboo,
Wisconsin has lots of information on circuses from all over
the world. Someday I would like to visit there and see if
I can find anything about Harold Barlow.
Note from Susan:
Based on the letter at Barlow
Circus, I doubt that any further information can be
found at the Wisconsin Museum |
The Paterson address he gave on his draft registration
was not his parents' address; it was one of the homes that belonged
to his mother's family - the HARROLDs. My aunt thought that Harold
never married, but did not know what became of him. His mother's
obituary in April 1940 said Harold was "of St. Louis Missouri".
I found mention in Billboard Magazine of letters
waiting for Harold J. Barlow in St. Louis, so I guess that was
his home base for his travels with the circus at that time.
13. Helen Margaret BARLOW died age 3
Notes from Susan:
I found these items that might be of interest:
Barlow
Circus This circus travelled primarily
in Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas, the owners being R.H.
and E.D. Barlow. I wonder if R.H. might
be Robert Henry.
The Barlow
Trio Curiously, the members of this family
includes a Sarah Barlow of New York, born 1861,
information from a death certificate, I wonder if she might be
a daughter of Henry and Harriet Buckley Barlow, perhaps the New
York is in error, being her home, rather than her birthplace.
The following obituary might indicate that family members are
still living in the New Jersey area.
New Jersey Obituary:
| BARLOW, Robert B., age 66, died Jun
25, 1981
Born in Paterson NJ. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Frances
Jones Barlow; 2 sons, James B. Barlow & Robert B. Barlow,
Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Jane Ballou Lawson and 8
grandchildren.
(note the spelling
of Margaret's last name, is this a transcription error?) |
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