Ancestry of
Bob Barker

TV Game Show Host

Matilda Kent Tarleton

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• • Mother of Bob Barker — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Robert Eckler Tarleton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Elizabeth Kent   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Oct 1897 
  • Birth Location:
  • Eminence, Schoharie, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Feb 1989 
  • Death Location:
  • Los Angeles County, California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Greene, Missouri  
  • Spouse Name:
  • Byron John Barker
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Sep 1921 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota 
  • Child:

  Robert William Barker (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Matilda Tarleton's given name is also seen as Tillie.

• Additional marriages for Matilda Kent Tarleton

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  • Spouse:
  • Louis Valandra
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Jun 1937
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harrison, Sioux, Nebraska

• Sources for Matilda Kent Tarleton

  • ¹ California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Death record for Matilda Kent Valandra.
  • ² Federal Census, MO, Greene County, 1940, Springfield, E.D. 39-31, Sheet 2B, Image 5 of 43.
  • ³ Federal Census, MO, Greene County, 1950, Springfield, E.D. 118-9, Sheet 71, Image 28 of 34.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, NY, Greene County, 1900, Durham, E.D. 77, Sheet 5B, Image 10 of 16.
  • ⁵ Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Death certificate for spouse Byron Barker.
  • ⁶ Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995, Marriage record for Louis Valandra and Matilda Tarleton Barker.
  • ⁷ South Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2018, Marriage certificate for Byron J Barker and Matilda Tarleton.
  • ⁸ The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri), 27 FEB 1989, p. 8, Obituary for Matilda Barker Valandra.
  • ⁹ U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, 1925, SD, Rosebud, Sioux Indians, Image 361 of 718.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for son Robert William Barker.
  • ¹¹ Barker, Bob and Digby Diehl, Priceless Memories, New York, et. al.: Center Street, Hachette Book Group (2009), 108-113.
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "Bob Barker", (accessed 07/17/2023).