[6] While at one hideout, a resident identified the gang from photographs in True Detective magazine and told the police, but Chief Brown tipped them off and they escaped. The FBI were not aware that Karpis and other gang members had left three days before, leaving only Fred and Ma in the house. The Lake Weir Chamber of Commerce stages an annual "Ma Barker Shootout" on "Ma Barker day" in a building near the actual location of her death. Sometime around 1903 or 1904, the Barker family moved to Webb City, Missouri. [6] He concluded: The most ridiculous story in the annals of crime is that Ma Barker was the mastermind behind the KarpisBarker gang. They made no exception for Fred and Ma Barker after they were brought to a morgue in Ocala, Florida. xWiXS{+46*^VmZ*RpB$ !!aJD! /FontBBox [ 0 -206 981 694 ] Barker Genealogy, published by the Barker Society, of which I am a vice-president,1 I learn there are eight principal lines of the Barker family in this country. In 1892, she married George E. Barker and began using the first name Kate. In late 1931, per Biography, Fred Barker and his new partner in crime, Alvin Karpis, robbed a store in West Plains, Missouri, and killed a sheriff. 500 556 0 444 389 333 556 0 722 500 500 444 ] He lived in West Springfield before settling in Westfield years ago. Some historians believe Kate Barker was involved, likely providing the instruments of escape. Born in 18 Apr 1886 and died in 9 Jan 1984 Boswell, Oklahoma Abigail "Ma" Crowder Barker In 1927 Herman Barker apparently committed suicide after being wounded by Kansas police. The 1910 to 1930 censuses and the Tulsa City Directories . Their production was 30 thousand dollars. Bloody Mama: Directed by Roger Corman. Brothers and Ma Barker, and their think tank, do not forget about the old fishing - robbing banks. [2] The FBI claimed that George left Ma because she had become "loose in her moral life" and was "having outside dates with other men". >> Alvin Karpis asserted that J. Edgar Hoover, who described Barker as the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade, encouraged the creation of the myth to justify the killing of an older woman. She never much cared for the name, though, and changed it to Kate herself, notes Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian in "Ma Barker." Continued on Pago IIS Column U Local Secret Orders BELIEVE , list of public enemies. Gal'in?er, l Agents Kill Pair After 4-Hour Gun Fight At "Hang-Out" in Florida 66, Oct 8 1873 - Ash Grove, Greene County, Missouri, USA, Jan 16 1935 - Ocklawaha, Marion County, Florida, USA, Lecty A. Clark, Jessie Clark, Eva Mae Clark, Beretta M. Reynolds, Herman Barker, Lloyd William Barker, Frederick G Barker, Barber, Jan 16 1935 - Barker hideout, Lake Weir, FL, USA, Herman Barker, Lloyd William Barker, Arthur R. Barker, Frederick G. Barker, Willmer Barker, Oct 8 1873 - Ash Grove, Greene, Missouri, United States, Jan 16 1935 - Lake Weir, Marion, Florida, United States, Herman Barker, Lloyd William Barker, Arthur Raymond Barker, Frederick G. Barker, k, Eva Mae Hays (born Clark), Baretta M Reynolds, Lulu Ophia Reynolds, Baby Reynolds, Chesley Winfield Reynolds, and, snd that while there they had seen ond talked With Fred and ", agents who the house ln Okla- wahn was killed or injured. There was no machinery so the grain was sown or planted by hand and cut with sickles. He died on 31 Jan 1723. Ma Barker's children were murderers and their BarkerKarpis gang committed a spree of robberies, kidnappings, and other crimes between 1931 and 1935, but there is no conclusive proof that Ma was their leader. Barker didnt discourage her sons from their criminal enterprises, nor did she discipline them. 3 0 obj These grand gestures were often successful in getting sentences terminated - or at least greatly reduced. Descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren Abigail BarkerBorn:. Newspaper article on Ma Barker. To avoid capture, he took his own life. They noted that George was not a criminal, but he was willing to profit from his sons' crimes after their deaths by claiming their assets as next of kin. The two Massachusetts Barkers, Robert and John, were doubtless descendants of the same ancient and honorable Barker family of Shropshire, from which it has . January 13, 1939 Arthur Barker killed trying to escape from, On March 18, 1949 Lloyd Barker was killed by his wife; he was the manager of the Denargo Market in Denver, Colorado. /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding From 1927 to 1930, Kate Barker lived alone in what author Tim Mahoney describes in his book "Secret Partners" as a "dirt-floor shack" in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her name was Kate Barker, but she was notoriously known as "Ma" Barker, a Midwestern woman who became the FBI's most wanted mother of the 1930s. /BaseFont /EQNEBL+Times-Bold Research genealogy for Mary Barker of Newland, Yorkshire, England, as well as other members of the Barker family, on Ancestry. However, this is widely regarded by historians as fictitious, and some have been skeptical that she participated in the shoot-out in which she died. When the gang's hideout was nearly discovered, the FBI alleges Fred Barker and Karpis figured he had tipped off the police - intentionally or accidentally - and decided to dispose of him. in Ocklawaha, Florida , United States, This form allows you to report an error or to submit additional information about this family tree: Fred BARKER (1901), Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0. He was born in Straagewell, County of Suffolk, January 6, 1935 Barker gang member William B. Harrison killed by fellow gangsters at Ontarioville, Illinois. Ma tossed out her husband around that same time and lived in abject poverty from 1928 to 1931 during her sons incarceration. Middle Name. 1926 Fred Barker robbed bank in Winfield, Kansas; arrested. The Barkers were for many centuries almost exclusively connected with Shropshire, a county equalled by few others in England as to the number of its old historic families. She was buried in (3) 1645 in Rowley. The Herald's Visitations of Salap commence the.pedigree of this family, whose name appears to have been originally Coverall or Calverhall, with Richard de Coverall, who married Margaret Pigot, and then pass over the intermediate generations to William Barker, also called Coverall, who married the heiress of the Goulstons of Goulston. Later again, John le Bercher was recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls for Hampshire in 1212. Satina Pearce was born in Brooklyn New York, 1988. FIRST GENERATION. One year later, the gang kidnapped Edward George Bremer Jr., the president of Commercial State Bank. Explore genealogy for Ma (Clark) Barker born 1873 Ash Grove, Missouri died 1935 Marion, Co. Florida including ancestors + children + 2 photos + 2 family memories + 3 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community. She was writing to him to tell him about a large, September 26, 1935 The supposed body of underworld doctor, November 7, 1935 Karpis and five accomplices robbed an Erie Railroad mail train at. . Their sons joined the Central Park Gang and began committing more serious crimes. On September 14, 1892, 18-year-old Kate Clark married George Barker, 10 years her senior, which was concerning to her parents. ", "The standard authority for the history of Shropshire families is the collection of manuscript pedigrees based on the Heralds' Visitations of 1584 and 1623, when representatives of such families as claimed the right to bear arms were summoned to appear before a Herald and give account of their ancestry. The purpose was to keep her from learning much about the gang's crimes, as well as to separate her from their girlfriends, with whom she did not get along. Soon, cars full of high school students from Ocala, a town 20 miles north, were turning up to watch the gunfight. Fred and Arthur Barker, along with Alvin Karpis, robbed a string of banks across the Midwest in 1932 (per Biography), resulting in the killings of more officers and a civilian (viaMinnPost). Barker gained a reputation as a ruthless crime matriarch who controlled and organized her sons' crimes. We encourage you to research and examine these records to determine their . Frederick George Barker (December 12, 1901 January 16, 1935) was an American criminal who, along with Alvin Karpis, co-founded the Barker-Karpis gang, which committed numerous robberies, murders and kidnappings during the 1930s. MA 01001 Hampden County (Jul 1991 . /XObject << /R13 6 0 R /R15 7 0 R /R17 8 0 R /R19 9 0 R >> >> [6] She certainly knew of the gang's activities and even helped them before and after they committed their crimes, and this made her an accomplice, but there is no evidence that she was involved in planning them. [4] After this, she was usually known to gang members as "Kate". She has been presented as a monstrous mother in films, songs, and literature. /Filter /FlateDecode Those of its members in the United States who are of colonial ancestry may trace their lineage from four ancestors, all of whom left their English homes in the seventeenth century to try their fortunes in the splendid heritage then opening to the English race. Kate Barker (born "[4] Alvin Karpis was probably the real leader of the gang, and he later said that Ma was just "an old-fashioned homebody from the Ozarks superstitious, gullible, simple, cantankerous and, well, generally law abiding". "The name Barker, though not a very common one, made its appearance during the thirteenth century in parts of the country widely distant from each other, and it is not to be supposed that all those who bore it were in any way related to each other. He soon had three little brothers: Lloyd was born in 1896, Arthur (nicknamed "Doc") in 1899, and Fred in 1903. I'm Ma Baker. Some say she was no more than a common hillbilly woman, others claim she was the mastermind of the entire Barker-Karpis Gang, who stole more money than John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Vern Miller combined, notes author Chris Enss and left a trail of nearly a dozen . Finally, a relative moved them . The Barker-Karpis gang of the early 1930s was one of the most notorious collections of villains to plague America during the Age of Gangsters. What could look more innocent? The song opens with a drawly country woman saying, "Freeze! The Barker gang is rooted in the family of Arizona "Ma" Clark Barker (1873?-1935) and her four sons, Herman (1894-1927), Lloyd (1896-1949), Arthur "Dock" (1899-1939), and Fred (1902-35). Gang member Alvin Karpis claims Barker wasn't a real criminal. Douglaston, NY, Marjorie Joanna Porter, b. In 1910, per The Famous People, teenage Herman Barker ran over a child while fleeing the scene of a robbery in a getaway car, and the Barkers became constantly involved with the police. Her first platinum record was recorded with Gerald Levert title of the song. Compare DNA and explore genealogy for William Barker Sr born 1646 Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts died 1718 Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts including parents + descendants + 2 photos + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community. Unknown Harker married Unknown Woman c1910 Parents of . [11] Karpis has suggested that the story was encouraged by J. Edgar Hoover[14] and his fledgling Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to justify his agents' killing an old woman. The FBI ordered Willie Woodbury, a local handyman, to enter the house while wearing a bulletproof vest. In the 1920s, he was employed as a farmer, watchman, station engineer, and clerk. The U.S. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, list Barker as an official member of the Sioux tribe. Family life. They obtained $100,000 in ransom by abducting William Hamm, then arranged the kidnapping of Edward Bremer which netted them a $200,000 ransom. It was probably derived from the office, or rather appointment, of Bercar, a sort of Inspector or Chief Shepherd, whose duty it was to superintend the stint of sheep on the common lands of the manor, especially on Manors of the Royal Demesne. The Barker-Karpis Gang was quickly becoming one of the deadliest criminal acts in the United States. In June, the Barker-Karpis Gang abducted William Hamm Jr., president of the Hamm Brewery Company, demanding a hefty ransom for his release. However, those who knew her insisted that she had no criminal role and also allege that Hoover created such accusations in order to excuse the FBI for her subsequent death in a shootout in 1935. $Zm:T==v6]kC}Vz}oq3')$?W08A .XBgFp"QY*H"8#'j ~)IelQNQqT*N3Qii4vZ|TX*eQE=zs1|e^YvrNTl}]4q~ZQNMrEy}vJTe'D/zf%A,"S! On February 14, 1920, there was a jailbreak. Her blood has been scrubbed from the pine floorboards. But Fred stuck a machine gun out the window instead. According to the Ma Barker House, in 1930, she meta well-dressed - though unemployed - older gentleman named Arthur Dunlop, and he moved in with her. /Ascent 694 View All Details . Agents surrounded the house at 13250 East Highway C-25 on the morning of January 16, 1935. The FBI gunned down Ma and Fred Barker in this Florida cottage. -- 1 sheet ; 11 x 15 cm Sources of the history -Origin of the family - Landmarks and heirlooms -- Signs and abbreviations -- Descendants of Robert Barker -- Descendants of John Barker According to Enss and Kazanjian, a group of prisoners, including Arthur, had used a small saw and sulfuric acid to break down the bars of their cell. He never came back. [6] Writer Tim Mahoney argues that the real force behind the gang was the corrupt St. Paul law-enforcement system, especially under Police Chief Tom Brown. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. History remembers her as Ma Barker: the ruthless mother of four of the nation's most dangerous Depression-era criminals. "We'd leave her at home when we were arranging a job, or we'd send her to a movie. He killed himself to avoid prosecution when he was seriously wounded after crashing his car. The Ma Barker Story. It was there that the Barker-Karpis gang committed their more infamous crimes, eventually turning from bank robberies to kidnapping under the protection and guidance of Thomas Brown, the citys corrupt chief of police. A .45 caliber automatic pistol was found next to Freds body, and a machine gun lay at Ma Barkers left hand. What could look more innocent?. The gang moved to Chicago but decided to leave because Karpis did not want to work for Al Capone. The family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1912. In 1892, she married George Barker in Lawrence County, Missouri, and the couple had four sons: Herman (1893-1927), Lloyd (1897-1949), Arthur Barker (1899-1939), and Fred Barker (1901-1935 . Shortly after, Fred Barkerwas released from prison in 1931 and, per Biography, brought home a friend: former cellmate Alvin Karpis. With Lurene Tuttle, Tristram Coffin, Paul Dubov, Nelson Leigh. /Resources << /ExtGState << /R7 3 0 R >> /Font << /R9 4 0 R /R11 5 0 R >> While in Washington, his father fell from a tower and sustained an injury which resulted in his death in 1929. [citation needed], Both bodies were found in the same front bedroom. Records of Ma Barker on Ancestry. By 1928, all three remaining Barker brothers were incarcerated, with Lloyd serving time in a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, Arthur in an Oklahoma State Penitentiary, and Fred in a Kansas State Prison. Over the next few years, Herman and his brothers were repeatedly involved in crimes of increasing seriousness, including robbery and murder. January 17, 1934 Gang kidnaps Edward George Bremer, Jr.; Bremer released on February 7, 1934 after ransom paid. They were a bunch of criminal misfits, drawn together by friendship, family, and a thirst for easy money. The house is currently listed as off-market. /Parent 2 0 R Standing here in front of the windows where Ma Barker made her last stand, it's easy to feel one. /Type /FontDescriptor James lived in Rowley and Southfield. FBI agents discovered the hideout of Barker and her son Fred after Arthur was arrested in Chicago on January 8, 1935. In the ensuing shootout, one policeman was killed . She wasnt suited for a role in the Karpis-Barker Gang., Karpis went on to write in his autobiography that the most ridiculous story in the annals of crime is that Ma Barker was the mastermind behind the Karpis-Barker gang., Continuing, he wrote, She wasnt a leader of criminals or even a criminal herself She knew we were criminals, but her participation in our careers was limited to one function: when we traveled together, we moved as a mother and her sons. Ma Barker, shown here sitting with her friend Arthur Dunlop, died at age 61 in a shootout with the FBI. Getty ImagesMa Barker, shown here sitting with her friend Arthur Dunlop, died at age 61 in a shootout with the FBI. After the break, the real Ma Barker and big time crime in the 30s. While her sons were known criminals, the jury is still out on Kate Barker. Com a sua morte sendo bastante explorada pela imprensa sensacionalista, Ma Barker tornou-se "lenda" da crnica policial . The FBI soon located the house where the gang was staying after identifying references to a local restaurant[clarification needed] named "Gator Joe", who had a taste for gangsters, but not for cops,[clarification needed] mentioned in a letter sent to Doc. The pair had their first son, Herman, in 1894 (per Enss and Kazanjian in "Ma Barker"). But Hoover went straight to the press, describing Barker as a "she-wolf" who was "the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade," notes "Ma Barker," by Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian. At the age of 12 she began her rap career with artist such as LL Cool J, 50 Cent, NOE from ByrdGang ,Kool G Rap and many other. According to Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian in their book, "Ma Barker," she would yell, cry, write lettersto parole boards, or, as J. Edgar Hoover alleges, bribe the police to destroy evidence. [3] By 1930, she was living with a jobless man named Arthur W. Dunlop (sometimes spelled "Dunlap"). Salt Lake City : Tradition Publications. Wikimedia CommonsArthur Barker was killed when he tried to escape from Alcatraz Prison. endobj There is not one police photograph of her or set of fingerprints taken while she was alive she knew we were criminals but her participation in our careers was limited to one function: when we traveled together, we moved as a mother and her sons. % Barker's older brothers Herman, Lloyd and Arthur were committing crimes throughout his childhood, belonging to a gang of local delinquent youths called the Central Park Gang. Samuel Barker was a lineal descendant of John Barker, of Shropshire, England, who married, in 1549, Elizabeth Hill, a sister of Sir Rowland Hill, the first Protestant Lord Mayor of London. The FBI located the house and confirmed that Ma Barker and Fred were on the premises. According to MinnPost, there was a general understanding in St. Paul that gangsters were safe - so long as they laid low within city limits. Harvey Bailey, another gangster who knew Barker, put it far less delicately in his autobiography (via Alcatraz History), noting that she "couldn't plan breakfast. Yet, more witches were arrested in Andover than in Salem, 14 miles away - as the witch flies. Among the four of them, between 1915 and 1927, they were arrested for robbery, stealing cars, and even murder, as per History. Things began looking up for Ma Barker in the spring of 1931 when Fred was unexpectedly released from prison on parole. /FontFile3 12 0 R Fred Barker met Alvin Karpis in prison in 1931. Per the Joplin Globe, the Barker boys were known as the town criminals while still school-aged. Both pictured above, they are Fred, Ash Grove, Greene County, MO, United States, Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri, United States, Ocklawaha, Marion County, FL, United States, Historical criminals, thieves and vagabonds, American Gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s, Arizona Donnie "arrie Kate" Barker (born Clark), Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Spartenburg Weekly Herald and Herald-Journal - Jan 19 1935, Ma Barker Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story. While there is no evidence she was directly involved in the kidnappings, Kate "Ma" Barker certainly enjoyed the spoils. The name Barker is derived from the old Norman "bercer," which signified the elected herdsman of the village or manor. The Barker family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. December 16, 1932 Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang robbed Third Northwestern National Bank in, April 4, 1933 Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang members, August 30, 1933 BarkerKarpis Gang robs a payroll at Stockyards National Bank of, September 22, 1933 Two bank messengers held up by five men identified as BarkerKarpis Gang; Chicago policeman. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. January 30, 1921 Arthur Barker aka "Bob Barker" received at the Oklahoma State Prison (#11059); released June 11, 1921. /Flags 4 Bremer was released three . Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Mary (Dix) Barker born abt. He was also a heavy drinker who liked to talk, notes the Ma Barker House. /Type /Page She would steal away in her room and read magazine articles detailing the exploits of the bank and train robbing Dalton Gang. Fleeing the scene, they were accosted the following day Sheriff C. Roy Kelly at a garage while getting two flat tires fixed. According to Karpiss (per Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian's book "Ma Barker"), Kate allowed Dunlop to "sponge off of her" and was a "pain in the ass." Robert P. Barker, of Weymouth, died May 3, 2014 at the age of 81. Kate Barker's parents, Emeline and John Clark, were Scottish-Irish immigrants just trying to work their small farm and make ends meet, according to authors Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian in their book "Ma Barker," Kate adored her father, but he died when she was just 7, and her mother remarried. It turned out, Kate Barker and son Fred Barker were shacking up at a cottage on Lake Weir and having the time of their lives trolling for the three-legged monster, as per "Ma Barker," by Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian and had written to Arthur telling him all about it.

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