Wren
Willingham
formerly Barker
Born in Talladega, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jessie Lee Barker
and Sarah Lou (Waites) Barker
Sister of
Eugene Cason Barker, Frank Tezennate Barker, Eddie Mae (Barker) Phillips, Elizabeth (Barker) Mead and Evelyn (Barker) Roberts
Wife of
Albert Wren Willingham
— married
30 Jan 1950 in Talladega, Alabama, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Dec 2017
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Biography
When Wren Barker and her twin sister Evelyn were born on October 5, 1924, in Talladega, Alabama, their father, Jessie, was 39 and their mother, Sarah, was 31. She married Albert Wren Willingham on January 30, 1950, in her hometown. She died on August 5, 2008, in Beaumont, Texas, at the age of 83, and was buried in Orange, Texas.
Sources
- 1930 United States Federal Census
- 1940 United States Federal Census
- Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969; Alabama Center for Health Statistics
- Find A Grave: Memorial #29184036
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wren by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Wren:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wren by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Wren:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Shannon (Slay) Hoey 
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