excerpt from obits found on newspapers.com, appearing in:
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 18, 1939
p. 4
One of the old-school workmen was Ellis Barnard, who died Friday morning at the age of 81. Mr Barnard was one of a school of workmen who have passed. No longer is it necessary for the skilled worker to know the difficult operations in his trade, since machinery sends to his workbench fabricated parts which in other days had to be made by the worker himself. To the extent that the average workman can no longer rely on his own hands and brains to make parts the old-time workman fashioned, the modern-day man is less skilled. It is a result of the machine age. Mr. Barnard was of the type that, if given a file and a piece of metal, he could have patiently fabricated almost anything in the way of delicate gear.
and
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 15, 1939
p. 1 and 6
Ellis L. Barnard, aged 81 died at 2:15 o'clock this morning at his home. He had been in failing health for 3 years.
The death of Mr. Barnard will be a matter of great interest to the older residents of Alton as for many years he followed what to him was a high profession of repairing time-pieces which were in trouble. He had a wide fame in and around Alton for his skill and working with clocks and watches, but his talent was not limited to repair work on time-pieces. He was a genius at practically anything to which he might turn his hand. He was really an artist at doing any fine work calling for skill and patience. So much for his services in demand that as years advanced and people continued to call on him to do things for them, Mr. Barnard was inclined to make selections among those for whom he would do a repair job. He was not known to have turned down one of his old-time customers, who seem to deem it a personal favor to them when Mr. Barnard would do a repair job for them.
He was born in Flora, Ind., June 15, 1858. He came to Alton when he was a young man and for 25 years he was the repair man at the old Goulding store. He worked for E. H. Goulding, the father of C. L. Goulding, founder of the business which still continues in the family. After 25 years on the one job, he decided to engage in business for himself and opened a place on Broadway near Alby. There for 14 years he continued repair work, at the same time engaging in the business of selling watches and clocks, until he concluded to retire in 1921. Even after retiring he continued to do some work at his home, but did not regard himself as obligated to work steady and he took life easier, the last 18 years of his career.
At the time of his death it had been 57 years since he had become since he had begun to be a prominent figure in the city. In that time he had seen many changes in Alton. Old firm names and faces disappeared on Third Street and the character of business changed until in the later years of his life, there was little to remind him of what Alton had been and by which he could identify Third Street as the same street is the one on which he had begun his work in Alton.
Mr period Barnard was a man of a fine mind, he made many good friends, and he held them even up to the years of his retirement when he would be around very little.
C. L. Goulding, son of the founder of the business where Mr. Barnard worked for a quarter century, recalled today the reputation Mr. Barnard had for doing fine work calling for extraordinary skill. He was one of the old school watch repair men, Mr. Goulding said. In his early days it was not the practice to get parts of a watch from a factory, and the repair man had to be skillful enough to make his own parts. Mr. Barnard could make any part of a watch and could build a watch from the very beginning. He had many customers who would let no one but him touch their fine watches and it pleased him to be asked to do difficult jobs. Some of his customers would come long distances to bring him their fine watches for repair, or would ship them to him, knowing a good job would be done. He belonged to a school of skilled workmen who regarded themselves more as professional men than as tradesmen.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Adel Barnard, he leaves two brothers, Charles of Bringhurst, Ind., Frank of Raisin, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Felix, of Lafayette, Ind., and Mrs. Maud Oaks of Flora, Ind.
The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p. m., from the Streeper funeral home, and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
Notes:
Was a skilled watch maker and repairman.
Last updated on: October 25, 2023
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 18, 1939
p. 4
One of the old-school workmen was Ellis Barnard, who died Friday morning at the age of 81. Mr Barnard was one of a school of workmen who have passed. No longer is it necessary for the skilled worker to know the difficult operations in his trade, since machinery sends to his workbench fabricated parts which in other days had to be made by the worker himself. To the extent that the average workman can no longer rely on his own hands and brains to make parts the old-time workman fashioned, the modern-day man is less skilled. It is a result of the machine age. Mr. Barnard was of the type that, if given a file and a piece of metal, he could have patiently fabricated almost anything in the way of delicate gear.
and
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 15, 1939
p. 1 and 6
Ellis L. Barnard, aged 81 died at 2:15 o'clock this morning at his home. He had been in failing health for 3 years.
The death of Mr. Barnard will be a matter of great interest to the older residents of Alton as for many years he followed what to him was a high profession of repairing time-pieces which were in trouble. He had a wide fame in and around Alton for his skill and working with clocks and watches, but his talent was not limited to repair work on time-pieces. He was a genius at practically anything to which he might turn his hand. He was really an artist at doing any fine work calling for skill and patience. So much for his services in demand that as years advanced and people continued to call on him to do things for them, Mr. Barnard was inclined to make selections among those for whom he would do a repair job. He was not known to have turned down one of his old-time customers, who seem to deem it a personal favor to them when Mr. Barnard would do a repair job for them.
He was born in Flora, Ind., June 15, 1858. He came to Alton when he was a young man and for 25 years he was the repair man at the old Goulding store. He worked for E. H. Goulding, the father of C. L. Goulding, founder of the business which still continues in the family. After 25 years on the one job, he decided to engage in business for himself and opened a place on Broadway near Alby. There for 14 years he continued repair work, at the same time engaging in the business of selling watches and clocks, until he concluded to retire in 1921. Even after retiring he continued to do some work at his home, but did not regard himself as obligated to work steady and he took life easier, the last 18 years of his career.
At the time of his death it had been 57 years since he had become since he had begun to be a prominent figure in the city. In that time he had seen many changes in Alton. Old firm names and faces disappeared on Third Street and the character of business changed until in the later years of his life, there was little to remind him of what Alton had been and by which he could identify Third Street as the same street is the one on which he had begun his work in Alton.
Mr period Barnard was a man of a fine mind, he made many good friends, and he held them even up to the years of his retirement when he would be around very little.
C. L. Goulding, son of the founder of the business where Mr. Barnard worked for a quarter century, recalled today the reputation Mr. Barnard had for doing fine work calling for extraordinary skill. He was one of the old school watch repair men, Mr. Goulding said. In his early days it was not the practice to get parts of a watch from a factory, and the repair man had to be skillful enough to make his own parts. Mr. Barnard could make any part of a watch and could build a watch from the very beginning. He had many customers who would let no one but him touch their fine watches and it pleased him to be asked to do difficult jobs. Some of his customers would come long distances to bring him their fine watches for repair, or would ship them to him, knowing a good job would be done. He belonged to a school of skilled workmen who regarded themselves more as professional men than as tradesmen.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Adel Barnard, he leaves two brothers, Charles of Bringhurst, Ind., Frank of Raisin, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Felix, of Lafayette, Ind., and Mrs. Maud Oaks of Flora, Ind.
The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p. m., from the Streeper funeral home, and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
Notes:
Was a skilled watch maker and repairman.
Last updated on: October 25, 2023
transcribed obits
cleaned up & rearranged notes
Feb. 3 - took over management of memorial
notes - obit coming soon
attached parents
attached wife, Adele
*obits are not always transcribed in there entirety and may be shortened, edited and/or contain notes. If the source would aid you in your search for family history, I encourage you to seek out the source yourself so that you can gather all of the pertinent information.
excerpt from obits found on newspapers.com, appearing in:
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 18, 1939
p. 4
One of the old-school workmen was Ellis Barnard, who died Friday morning at the age of 81. Mr Barnard was one of a school of workmen who have passed. No longer is it necessary for the skilled worker to know the difficult operations in his trade, since machinery sends to his workbench fabricated parts which in other days had to be made by the worker himself. To the extent that the average workman can no longer rely on his own hands and brains to make parts the old-time workman fashioned, the modern-day man is less skilled. It is a result of the machine age. Mr. Barnard was of the type that, if given a file and a piece of metal, he could have patiently fabricated almost anything in the way of delicate gear.
and
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 15, 1939
p. 1 and 6
Ellis L. Barnard, aged 81 died at 2:15 o'clock this morning at his home. He had been in failing health for 3 years.
The death of Mr. Barnard will be a matter of great interest to the older residents of Alton as for many years he followed what to him was a high profession of repairing time-pieces which were in trouble. He had a wide fame in and around Alton for his skill and working with clocks and watches, but his talent was not limited to repair work on time-pieces. He was a genius at practically anything to which he might turn his hand. He was really an artist at doing any fine work calling for skill and patience. So much for his services in demand that as years advanced and people continued to call on him to do things for them, Mr. Barnard was inclined to make selections among those for whom he would do a repair job. He was not known to have turned down one of his old-time customers, who seem to deem it a personal favor to them when Mr. Barnard would do a repair job for them.
He was born in Flora, Ind., June 15, 1858. He came to Alton when he was a young man and for 25 years he was the repair man at the old Goulding store. He worked for E. H. Goulding, the father of C. L. Goulding, founder of the business which still continues in the family. After 25 years on the one job, he decided to engage in business for himself and opened a place on Broadway near Alby. There for 14 years he continued repair work, at the same time engaging in the business of selling watches and clocks, until he concluded to retire in 1921. Even after retiring he continued to do some work at his home, but did not regard himself as obligated to work steady and he took life easier, the last 18 years of his career.
At the time of his death it had been 57 years since he had become since he had begun to be a prominent figure in the city. In that time he had seen many changes in Alton. Old firm names and faces disappeared on Third Street and the character of business changed until in the later years of his life, there was little to remind him of what Alton had been and by which he could identify Third Street as the same street is the one on which he had begun his work in Alton.
Mr period Barnard was a man of a fine mind, he made many good friends, and he held them even up to the years of his retirement when he would be around very little.
C. L. Goulding, son of the founder of the business where Mr. Barnard worked for a quarter century, recalled today the reputation Mr. Barnard had for doing fine work calling for extraordinary skill. He was one of the old school watch repair men, Mr. Goulding said. In his early days it was not the practice to get parts of a watch from a factory, and the repair man had to be skillful enough to make his own parts. Mr. Barnard could make any part of a watch and could build a watch from the very beginning. He had many customers who would let no one but him touch their fine watches and it pleased him to be asked to do difficult jobs. Some of his customers would come long distances to bring him their fine watches for repair, or would ship them to him, knowing a good job would be done. He belonged to a school of skilled workmen who regarded themselves more as professional men than as tradesmen.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Adel Barnard, he leaves two brothers, Charles of Bringhurst, Ind., Frank of Raisin, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Felix, of Lafayette, Ind., and Mrs. Maud Oaks of Flora, Ind.
The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p. m., from the Streeper funeral home, and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
Notes:
Was a skilled watch maker and repairman.
Last updated on: October 25, 2023
transcribed obits
cleaned up & rearranged notes
Feb. 3 - took over management of memorial
notes - obit coming soon
attached parents
attached wife, Adele
*obits are not always transcribed in there entirety and may be shortened, edited and/or contain notes. If the source would aid you in your search for family history, I encourage you to seek out the source yourself so that you can gather all of the pertinent information.
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 18, 1939
p. 4
One of the old-school workmen was Ellis Barnard, who died Friday morning at the age of 81. Mr Barnard was one of a school of workmen who have passed. No longer is it necessary for the skilled worker to know the difficult operations in his trade, since machinery sends to his workbench fabricated parts which in other days had to be made by the worker himself. To the extent that the average workman can no longer rely on his own hands and brains to make parts the old-time workman fashioned, the modern-day man is less skilled. It is a result of the machine age. Mr. Barnard was of the type that, if given a file and a piece of metal, he could have patiently fabricated almost anything in the way of delicate gear.
and
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois
Mon., Sep 15, 1939
p. 1 and 6
Ellis L. Barnard, aged 81 died at 2:15 o'clock this morning at his home. He had been in failing health for 3 years.
The death of Mr. Barnard will be a matter of great interest to the older residents of Alton as for many years he followed what to him was a high profession of repairing time-pieces which were in trouble. He had a wide fame in and around Alton for his skill and working with clocks and watches, but his talent was not limited to repair work on time-pieces. He was a genius at practically anything to which he might turn his hand. He was really an artist at doing any fine work calling for skill and patience. So much for his services in demand that as years advanced and people continued to call on him to do things for them, Mr. Barnard was inclined to make selections among those for whom he would do a repair job. He was not known to have turned down one of his old-time customers, who seem to deem it a personal favor to them when Mr. Barnard would do a repair job for them.
He was born in Flora, Ind., June 15, 1858. He came to Alton when he was a young man and for 25 years he was the repair man at the old Goulding store. He worked for E. H. Goulding, the father of C. L. Goulding, founder of the business which still continues in the family. After 25 years on the one job, he decided to engage in business for himself and opened a place on Broadway near Alby. There for 14 years he continued repair work, at the same time engaging in the business of selling watches and clocks, until he concluded to retire in 1921. Even after retiring he continued to do some work at his home, but did not regard himself as obligated to work steady and he took life easier, the last 18 years of his career.
At the time of his death it had been 57 years since he had become since he had begun to be a prominent figure in the city. In that time he had seen many changes in Alton. Old firm names and faces disappeared on Third Street and the character of business changed until in the later years of his life, there was little to remind him of what Alton had been and by which he could identify Third Street as the same street is the one on which he had begun his work in Alton.
Mr period Barnard was a man of a fine mind, he made many good friends, and he held them even up to the years of his retirement when he would be around very little.
C. L. Goulding, son of the founder of the business where Mr. Barnard worked for a quarter century, recalled today the reputation Mr. Barnard had for doing fine work calling for extraordinary skill. He was one of the old school watch repair men, Mr. Goulding said. In his early days it was not the practice to get parts of a watch from a factory, and the repair man had to be skillful enough to make his own parts. Mr. Barnard could make any part of a watch and could build a watch from the very beginning. He had many customers who would let no one but him touch their fine watches and it pleased him to be asked to do difficult jobs. Some of his customers would come long distances to bring him their fine watches for repair, or would ship them to him, knowing a good job would be done. He belonged to a school of skilled workmen who regarded themselves more as professional men than as tradesmen.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Adel Barnard, he leaves two brothers, Charles of Bringhurst, Ind., Frank of Raisin, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Felix, of Lafayette, Ind., and Mrs. Maud Oaks of Flora, Ind.
The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p. m., from the Streeper funeral home, and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
Notes:
Was a skilled watch maker and repairman.
Last updated on: October 25, 2023
transcribed obits
cleaned up & rearranged notes
Feb. 3 - took over management of memorial
notes - obit coming soon
attached parents
attached wife, Adele
*obits are not always transcribed in there entirety and may be shortened, edited and/or contain notes. If the source would aid you in your search for family history, I encourage you to seek out the source yourself so that you can gather all of the pertinent information.
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