Tintype photo of Alexander Irwin Barton – photo from Ancestry.com
When Alexander Irwin “A.I.” Barton was born on December 6, 1853, in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, his father, Robert, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Hazlett Barton, was 36. He married Martha Elizabeth “Libby” or “Livvy” Metz on January 25, 1882, in Belleville, Pennsylvania. They had six children during their marriage. He died on September 8, 1930, in York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76.
A.I. Barton was the great grandfather of my friend Daryl.
8 September 1930 – death certificate, death after being struck by an auto
PHOTOS:
From left to right: Alexander Irwin Barton, John Hazlet Barton, and Josiah Clark Barton.
A.I. Barton and daughter Bertha Barton photo from Ancestry.com
photo from the 1876 World’s Fair- A.I. Barton is pictured with brothers John Barton and Josiah Barton
photo from Ancestry.com
Canadian census 1901
1911 Canadian Census
CHILDREN OF A.I. Barton and Martha Elizabeth Metz:
Bertha Barton – 1883 to 1964 (married James Muir)
Nelly Barton – 1884 to 1885
Warren Wakefield Barton – 1884 to 1962 (married Mary ?)
Alexander Irvin Barton – 1886 to 1975 (married Edna Mckimmie Tennant)
Paul Revere Barton- 1889 to 1965 (married Irene Emily Roddy)
Alfred Tennyson Barton – 1892 to 1917
Research
On FamilySearch.org (free website-registration required) the ID# for A.I. Barton is LVFB-MH2
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