Does the Apple Fall Far From the Family Tree?

Where are the Barnetts?

Barnett has been my name since birth but I know less about the Barnetts than any branch of my family.

I went on Ancestry Library and did an exact match for my Dad since I knew his date of birth and death. I found him in the 1930 census. Joseph is my Dad

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He had 2 brothers. My uncle Jack (John was his given name) was only a half brother and had a different last name. Dad's other brother Bob died (I think) from an infection he got while swimming in a pond. Since he was born before Dad, he must have died before this census was taken. Here I found that my great grandfather was born in New York which I did not know. Since my grandfather was 45 at the time of this census he was born about 1885. I also found out that my grandparents owned their home and that it was worth $15,000 dollars which was the most expensive home on this page of the census. In case you are wondering---I found the questions at the top of the page hard to read so I Googled 1930 Census questions and found all the questions written out at http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/items1930.shtml.


So I did another search for my grandfather now that I knew about when he was born.

I found that my grandfather was actually born in 1886 so I was close. His father was named William Barnett (my brother's name as well). And my great grandmother was Mary.

Since in 1905, my great grandfather was 48 that means he was born about 1857. And I remember from the 1930 census that he was born in New York. So I will try my next search for William Barnett born 1857 in NY and died ? in Wisconsin.

I found this picture of LaValle, Wisconsin on online. It was taken in 1908--three years after the Wisconsin State Census in 1905.