Barrett, Kenneth Victor
From Lane Co Oregon
Kenneth Victor Barrett was born on September 24, 1896 in Eugene to Arthur Campbell Barrett and Emily Jane "Emma" Linebaugh. In 1928 he resided in Eugene. In 1943 he was living on Route 4 in Eugene. In 1954 he was still living in Eugene. He died on January 7, 1963 in Lane County and was buried in Lane Memorial Gardens.
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Interview by AVIS MARIE (BARRETT) METCALF in MARCH 1994
"Kenneth was born ... on Chambers Street [Eugene, Ore.] at about 21st Street. At that time it was the end of Chambers."
"Dad [Kenneth (1896)] worked for Ax Billy's Grocery Store when he and Mom were first married. He drove delivery truck. I remember him telling about backing up the street car tracks on South Chambers, when it was icy and he had a delivery to make there. He drove a Model T. Later, he had 2 dump trucks that he hired out to the county (Lane) for road building jobs and to the city of Eugene for the building and paving of Birch Lane. He trucks were Internationals. (He taught me to drive one when I was 9 years old.) ... Elvin Thurman (our cousin) drove for him for a number of years. When the labor unions started coming in Elvin reported Dad for not being union so Dad lost a lot of work. .. Dad's last truck was a 1935 Ford, but by then the county and state had their own trucks. In 1937 or 1938 he and Kenny [son] worked on the tunnel on Highway 58.
"Dad also worked on the Dorris Ranch before he met Mom. He had his greenhouses in West Springfield before the flood of 1947 washed them away. He furnished bedding plants for the grocery stores, feed stores and for Chase Gardens. We all helped. I helped put glass in the greenhouses and helped to build the flats. I transplanted and sold plants. Aunt Bertha, Grandpa and Mom worked in them, too. Dad's last job was painter for Chase Gardens."
"In about 1925 Dad had a house built at 15th and Fairmount Blvd. We lived upstairs with Grandma and Grandpa for 2 years before that. While the house was being built, the carpenter, Dave Berkshire, nailed my skirt to a piano crate so that I would stay out of the way."
1920 Lane County Census
Pct. 16, Eugene City, ED #245, taken 6 Jan 1920, p 3B [Ancestry.com, Eugene, ED #245, Image #6]:
Barrett, Kenneth - Head - age 23 - b. Ore. - F born Mass. - M born Cal. - Nurseryman - Dept. Store - Dwelling #71 - Family #76 - 662 E. 14th
" , Avis T. - Wife - age 22 - b. Ore. - F born Wisc. - M born Wisc.
1930 Lane County Census
Eugene City, ED #30, taken April 8, 1930, p 4B==
Barrett, Kenneth V. - Head - age 33 - b. Ore. - F born Mass. - M born Cal. - truck drive - County road work - Dwelling #107 - Family #107 - 1513 Fairmount Blvd.
" , Avis - wife - age 32 - b. Ore. - F born Wisc. - M born Wisc.
" , Kenneth L. - son - age 9 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore.
" , Avis Marie - daughter - age 7 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore.
" , Crystal Ruth - daughter - age 4 3/12 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore.
" , Rodney E. - son - age 2 8/12 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore.
Lane Memorial Gardens - inscription
Kenneth V. Barrett
Sept. 24, - - Jan. 7,
- 1963 - - - - -1896
Marriage
Avis Thedora Thompson b: 11 NOV 1897 in Ore.
- Married: 9 AUG 1919 in Lane Co., Ore. at L. E. Thompson home
Children
1. Kenneth Lawrence Barrett b: 30 JUN 1920 in of Springfield.
2. Avis Marie Barrett
3. Crystal Ruth "Toot" Barrett b: 23 DEC 1925 in of Grand Junction, Colo.
4. Leslie Hugh "Hugh" Barrett b: 26 JUN 1936 in of Springfield.
