Flora Anna Barber

116. Flora Anna⁴ BARBER (Barbara Adeline³ MILLER, John J.², William Sr.¹) (#30) was born in Defiance, Defiance Co., OH 24 MAR 1880. Flora died 19 AUG 1950 in Shelby, Richland Co., OH, at age 70.⁽⁴⁷⁾ Died of cardiac arrest after climbing stairs to Jen Cline home on Mohican St. which her home is above her clothing store, this is the same way her mother died. see note on Adaline Miller Barber Her body was interred 22 AUG 1950 in O.RiversideCem, Defiance, OH.

She married Charles Foster GINGRICH 29 NOV 1900 in Defiance Co., OH.. (Charles Foster GINGRICH is #54.) Charles was born 6 JUN 1879 in Hicksville, Defiance Co., OH. Charles was the son of Emanuel GINGRICH and Malinda CLEMMET. Charles died 16 AUG 1928 in Hicksville, Defiance Co., OH, at age 49.⁽⁴⁸⁾ His body was interred 20 AUG 1928 in O.RiversideCem, Defiance, OH. Charles was employed as the operator of the Hicksville Elevator.

When Flora was age 21 and Charles Foster GINGRICH was age 22 they became the parents of Paul Russel "Mike" GINGRICH 13 FEB 1902 in Defiance, Defiance Co., OH. His birth record list R. Paul Gingrich Anna as everyone called her was a lady who dressed in the latest fashions, She worked in the Wolf & Dessauer's Dept. Store in Ft. Wayne, IN. She remained a close friend of Jen (Barber) Cline and Gwen (Dellet) Benner of Bryan, OH., both of whom where her 1st. cousins

Heart Attack

Flora Anna BARBER and Charles Foster GINGRICH had the following child:

225 i. Paul Russel "Mike"⁵ GINGRICH (#55) was born in Defiance, Defiance Co., OH 13 FEB 1902. His birth record list R. Paul Gingrich Paul died 12 JAN 1965 in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., IN, at age 62.⁽⁴⁹⁾ His body was interred 15 JAN 1965 in O.RiversideCem, Defiance, OH. He married Pauline Mary SULLIVAN 16 SEP 1920 in Hicksville, Defiance Co., OH. married in Saint Michael's Catholic Church (Pauline Mary SULLIVAN is #1246.)

Pauline was born 25 MAR 1900 in Antwerp, Paulding Co., OH. Pauline was the daughter of Patrick H. SULLIVAN and Lena or Ida RICHARDS. Pauline died 12 AUG 1982 in Manatee Co., FL, at age 82. It appears early she had her name as Mary Pauline Paul R. "Mike" was a barber in Ft. Wayne, IN. He had prisms in his glasses? probably a form of double vision. see B. Adeline Miller Barber and Margaret Benner Houser

Also seen his middle name as Russel and Robert?

Alcoholic

cancer of stomach with metastases

severe diabetes

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