Burton Oliver Barron ( 1908-2000)

Burton Oliver Barron, he was my grandfather. He was born 04 Jan 1908 Longton Elk Co. Kansas. Died 02 Oct 2000 Corona, Riverside Co. California. He was cremated. He married Hazel Juanita Ruth Roberts 05 Apr 1928 Lola Allen Co. Kansas. They were married for over 50 yrs.  She was born 08 Aug 1910, Ottawa Kansas. Died 04 May 1979 Lake Elsinore, Riverside Co. California. She was also cremated. I believe their ashes were sprinkled over Lake Arrowhead area.

Hazel & Burton Barron ( the happy couple in the middle) 50th Wedding anniversary with their children

Hazel Juanita Ruth Roberts

Burton, Wanda & Duard Barron

Hazel Wanda & Duard Barron

According to the 1930 census records Burton worked as a truck driver in Ozark Township in Anderson Co Kansas. In the 1930s there was the "Great Depression" and the "Dust Bowl" Burton and Hazel was right in the middle of it. There were hardly any jobs, the farms were in ruin due to all the dust storms due to the drought and the lost of the top soil, they couldn't plant anything during that time period. Burton ended up going to California with his brother Roy. He worked in the orange groves in Orange County California at Orange Whole Produce. He work on "New Deal" projects ( New Deal was a program by the federal government to improve infrastructure, build bridges, highways and dams to create jobs) He help build the Prado Dam in Corona Riverside Co California it was completed in 1941.

Prado Dam

Orange Groves Orange Co. California

When Burton was able to make enough money he was able to bring Hazel and the kids to California. I am not too sure exactly when she came to California (I have it down on a note somewhere ) I have them living at in 1947 on Olive Street in Orange and he was still working at Orange Whole Produce. I have him in 1952 working as a machinist for Great Western Cordage until he retired. Hazel worked for Perkins Bakery in 1954. Shortly after she worked for the bakery she was able to get a job at St. Joseph Hospital working as a central supply clerk until she retired.

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Hazel working at St. Joseph Hospital

They moved to Placentia in Orange Co California, and then they moved to Lake Elsinore. They lived in a real nice mobile home and had family gatherings there. Hazel was a fantastic cook; one of her specialties was making divinity candy. (I and another cousin can't seem to make it as well as Hazel could.) She made great pies and cakes. Hazel loved to do needle point and other crafts. Burton loved to make clocks. (I have a backwards clock he made, it all goes backwards) They had a little garden, Hazel loved her roses. She would cut a steam from a rose bush and plant in the ground and place a jar over it and it would grow. (I tried to do this without any luck). Hazel wasn't a very good driver she likes to drive real fast. She had a couple accidents.

Hazel First Crash

Branches to This Tree

Family trees are made up of many branches and it can get confusing with all the different names and family who uses the same names over and over. For example Our Bowen side of the tree, has a couple men in name Mason Bowen. It started getting hectic for me in researching these guys out. I had to start labeling I II II etc. Jr. wasn’t counting it for this branch anymore there were too many.

I was asked by a cousin, does the names Lafayette or Leroy a common name in our tree. Not in the 1800s, only in the 1900s. There is only one Lafayette that I was able to find so far. There is a few that used Leroy as either first name or middle name.  What I have found to be common names is those who are name after Presidents and famous people, like Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Andrew Jackson. And many woman were named Martha, esp. in the 1800s. Many family members will have their middle name that was taken from a first name of an uncle or aunt or used it as a first name. I have seen this often.

The Barron Tree has a couple main branches to it. I have made a couple blogs for each branch of the Barron Family Tree for easy viewing. It can get confusing with so many people on the tree. We have so far over 700 people on the tree and it keeps growing.

Roberts/Welday Family Tree Blog
Loafman/Bowen Family Tree Blog
Veteto Family Tree Blog


I will be adding more blog links for the Ludlums, Dineff/Mertens  and Jones as soon as I start them up.