Indiana McCaslins

In the 1900 US Federal Census for Minneapolis, Minnesota, Illinois-born Emma J [Brown] McCaslin, is living as a boarder at 2602 3rd Avenue South, the Charles Page residence. She has been married five years, born one living child, two-year-old Illinois-born Gladys, but her husband is not listed on this page but at this address on the previous page of the census.

W Rollin McCaslin, his wife Emma J [Brown] and their daughter, Gladys B are recorded as living in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa in the 1905 Iowa State Census.

In 1924, real estate agent W Rollin McCaslin is listed on the Voter Registration Rolls for Berkeley as living at 1712 Tacoma with his wife, Mrs Olive [Harrington Sanders] McCaslin and his social worker daughter, Miss Gladys McCaslin. They are all Republican. (Supplement, Precinct No. 106, 1924, Roll 20, Image 245-246)

In 1928, Ralph H and Gladys B [McCaslin] Barr are recorded as living at 1818 Tacoma Ave in the Voter Registration Rolls for Berkeley, Alameda, California. They are both Republican. Ralph is an accountant and Gladys is a housewife. Ralph's mother, Mrs Mabel B [Burney] Barr, and Ralph's sisters, Miss Helen A and Miss Marjorie A Barr are recorded on the same page of the Registration Rolls as living near by at 1855 Tacoma Ave. Mabel is a housewife and Helen and Marjorie are teachers. They are also Republican. (Berkeley Precinct No. 132, 1928, Roll 26, Image 532).

In the 1930 US Federal Census for Oakland, Alameda, California, 43-year-old Nebraska-born Ralph H and his 32-year-old Illinois-born wife Gladys [McCaslin] Barr were married when he was 39- and she was 28-years old. They have in their household their California-born daughter 1-year 11-month old Lois J. The family is living at 12 Hillwood Place in a house that Ralph owns, worth $16,000. Ralph is an accountant for a packing company. and has worked on the last regularly scheduled work day. Ralph and Gladys can read, write and speak English. Ralph's parents were born in Wisconsin, Gladys' father was born in Oregon and her mother in Illinois, and Lois' father was born in Nebraska and her mother in Illinois.

In 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942 and 1944, Ralph H and Gladys B [McCaslin] Barr are recorded as living at 12 Hillwood Place in the Voter Registration Rolls for Oakland, Alameda, California. Ralph is an accountant and Gladys is a housewife. They are both Republican. (Oakland Precinct No. 193, 1930, Roll 30, Image 1635, Oakland Precinct No. 201, 1932, Roll 34, Image 9, Oakland Precinct No. 201, 1934, Roll 37, Image 10, Oakland Precinct No. 202, 1936, Roll 40, Image 645, Oakland Precinct No. 464, 1938, Roll 45, Image 508, Oakland Precinct No. 464, 1940, Roll 51, Image 311, Oakland Precinct No. 464, 1942, Roll 56, Image 8041, and Oakland Precinct No. 464, 1944, Roll 61, Image 411)

In the 1940 US Federal Census for Oakland, Almeda, Califonia, 52-year old Nebraska-born Ralph Barr and his 40-year old Illinois-born wife Gladys [McCaslin] Barr have in their household their California-born children, 11-year-old Lois, 8-year-old Robert and 7-year-old Laurence, and a housekeeper, 36-year-old Texas-born Minnie Fender. The family is living in a house worth $12000 at 12 Hillwood Place, which is where they were living in 1935. Minnie was living in Bonham, Fanning, Texas. Both Ralph and Gladys have completed one year of college. The children are attending school. Lois has completed fifth grade, Robert has completed second grade, and Laurence has completed first grade. Minnie has completed eighth grade. Ralph is the executive secretary for a canning company, has worked 44 hours in the last week and 52 weeks of the past year, for which he has earned $5,000+, and he has income other than a salary or wages. Minnie has worked as the Barr's housekeeper 50 hours of the past week and 30 weeks of the past year, for which she has earned $200, and she has income other then a salary or wages. No one else in the household has a job or is looking for one.

On 12 Jul 1950, 63-year-old Ralph and his 52-year-old wife Gladys [McCaslin] Barr sailed from Honolulu, Hawaii on the Hawaiian Farmer, arriving in the port of San Francisco on 19 Jul 1950. The manifest records that Ralph was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, and Gladys in Chicago, Illinois.

Gladys applied for her Social Security Number in California before 1951.

Gladys Bernice Barr's last residence was Burlingame, San Mateo, California 94010 when she died on 6 Nov 1981 according to the Social Security Death Index. The California Death Index gives Gladys' place of death as Alameda County, California.