Dorothy Whitney Walker

1893 - 1988  (94 years)

• Name	Dorothy Whitney Walker
  Birth	4 Oct 1893	Beverly, Essex, MA
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 Jun 1900	Beverly, Essex, MA ; age 6, born Oct 1893 in MA, at school, living with parents
  Census	6 May 1910	Beverly, Essex, MA ; age 16, born MA, living with parents
  Census	5 Jan 1920	Beverly, Essex, MA ; age 26, born MA, parents born MA/MA
  Census	12 Apr 1930	Beverly, Essex, MA ; age 36, widowed, operator at phone company
  Census	Apr 1940	Beverly, Essex, MA ; age 46, born MA, widowed, H3 ed, residing here in 1935, stenographer at savings bank, living with sister & mother
  Death	17 Jul 1988	Beverly, Essex, MA
  Burial		North Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, MA
  Person ID	I2228	Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	William Porter Walker,   b. 6 Nov 1868, Beverly, Essex, MA d. 1 Sep 1938, Plaistow, Rockingham, NH (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Alice Palmer Lamson,   b. 1 Jan 1869, Beverly, Essex, MA d. 17 Sep 1943, Beverly, Essex, MA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1892	Beverly, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) On 1 Sep 1892 in Beverly MA, William Porter Walker, 23, a salesman residing Beverly, son of Horace L and Annie M (Smith) Walker married Alice Palmer Lamson, 23, a teacher residing Beverly, daughter of Charles W and Lucretia B (Foster) Lamson. 1st marriage for each.
  Family ID	F614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Chester Barter,   b. 18 Sep 1891, Beverly, Essex, MA d. 1928, Beverly, Essex, MA (Age 36 years)
  Children	1. Robert Whitney Barter,   b. 16 Apr 1918, Beverly, Essex, MA d. 15 Apr 1998, Eliot, York, ME (Age 79 years)   2. John Malcolm Barter,   b. 12 Mar 1920, Beverly, Essex, MA d. 16 Oct 2010, Robertsdale, Baldwin, AL (Age 90 years) + 3. Paul Harrison “Speedy” Barter,   b. 27 Aug 1921, Beverly, Essex, MA d. 18 Oct 2004, Laconia, Belknap, NH (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F1879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  John and Dorothy Barter Gravestone 1891 JOHN C BARTER 1928 HIS WIFE / 1893 DOROTHY W. WALKER 1988 Plot: Sub Division 5, Lot 496

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Beverly Times-Mass", 19 Jul 1988 (findagrave.com) Dorothy Barter was the widow of John C. Barter. Born in Beverly, Mass., daughter of the late William F. Walker & Alice P. (Lamson) Walker. Lifelong resident of the city. Retired from N.E.Telephone & Telegraph Co. after working more than 30 years as a night operator. One of the first two women appointed to the Lynch Park Commission in 1961. President in 1954 & 1956 of the Friendly Garden Club; member of the First Parish Unitarian Church; Beverly Improvement Society; Beverly Historical Soc. and the Beverly Female Charitable Society, where she served as Secretery for many years. After the death of her husband , she resided with her only sister, Elizabeth H. Walker, who servives her. Leaves sons, Robert W. Barter of Elliott, Maine and Paul H. Barter of Belmont, NH.; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Grave site services Wed. at the family plot in No. Beverly Cemetery.