Oscar James Barber Jr.

b. 18 August 1908, d. December 1981
  • Oscar James Barber Jr. was born on 18 August 1908 in New York.
  • The following appeared on 5 September 1928 in the Buffalo Evening News: Oscar J. Barber Jr. of 111 Fougeron street was arrested Tuesday night by Patrolman George Melody of the Niagara street station on a charge of reckless driving, after it is alleged that the automobile he was driving crashed into a parked machine in Elmwood avenue near Bryant street, after colliding with a southbound Elmwood avenue trolley.
         Miss Helen Andress, 17, of 10 Miller street, North Tonawanda, a passenger in Barber's machine, was cut on the face. She was treated by a nearby physician and taken home. the parked car is owned by Daniel J. Kenefick Jr. of Norwood avenue.
  • He married Alice Harriet Mertz, daughter of Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson, circa 1928.
  • Alice Harriet Mertz and Oscar James Barber Jr. appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 1223 Genesee Street. Other members of the household included Joyce Evelyn Barber.
  • He was employed as a carpenter's helper, according to the 1930 census.
  • He was interred at South Wales Cemetery, South Wales, Erie County, New York.
  • Oscar James Barber Jr. died in December 1981 at age 73.
  • Last Edited: 8 Nov 2015

Family: Alice Harriet Mertz b. 16 January 1911, d. 7 July 1977