This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2049 Message Board Post: In 1900 Robert E Barker b.Nov 1868 Indian Terr. and Alta Barker b. May 1870 Kansas married in 1894, ran a boarding house in Galena Township, Jasper Co Missouri (source: 1900 Jasper co Census) They had one servant, Annier Sumfoter, 16 years of age, the tenants were: Fred J Julius 16 years old, William H Wensel 19 years old, George Gillis, Lee Vethermgton, Joseph H Morgan and Roberts brother Charles A Barker, Robert and Alta are my Great - Grandparents.They were marrried in 1894, the 1900 census states that Alta was the Mother of 3 children one living, that was my Grandmother Pearl Barker Smith. Her siblings were Myrtle born in 1901, and Floyd E Barker, Alta died sometime between 1904 when Floyd was born and when Robert married a woman named Katie (b 1896 )in late 1914 or 1915 and then had two more children, Robert J Barker b.1915 (?Pettis co) And Bula M Barker b. 1917 (?Pettis co) In the 1910 Census Robert and his children are living in Pettis co Lake Creek township, alo! ng with Roberts Mother Matilda, I am looking for Alta's death date and maiden name, and Roberts death date and parents names, along with any information you can provide. Thank you