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|birthyr = 1908 |birthplace = Barrington, Rhode Island, USA
 
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'''Barbara Barton''' (née '''Gibbs'''; born 12 October 1908) is an American [[supercentenarian]] whose age is currently unvalidated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]].
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'''Barbara Barton''' (née '''Gibbs'''; born 12 October 1908) is an American [[supercentenarian]] who is the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Her age is currently unvalidated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
Barbara Barton was born in Rhode Island, USA, on 12 October 1908. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. For much of her life, she worked as a fabric designer in a textile design company in Worcester, Rhode Island. She has four children.
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Barbara Barton was born on 12 October 1908 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA, the only child of Harold and Mabel (Collamore) Gibbs. She studied textile design at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1928. She went on to work as a fabric designer in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was married to Edwin Barton (1909-1992), with whom she had four children.
   
Barton currently lives in a care home in East Providence, Rhode Island, where she celebrated her 110th birthday in October 2018.
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Barton currently lives in a care home in East Providence, Rhode Island. She celebrated her 112th birthday in October 2020.
 
==References==
 
*[http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181013/110-year-old-rhode-islander-sustained-by-art-and-positive-outlook 110-year-old Rhode Islander sustained by art and positive outlook] Providence Journal, 13 October 2018
 
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
BBarton1.jpg|Barbara Barton at the age of 6
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BBarton1.jpg|Barton at the age of 6
BBarton2.jpg|Barbara Barton on 106th birthday
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Barbara_Barton_Undated.jpg|Barton in an undated photo
BBarton3.jpg|Barbara Barton playing her keyboard at age 106
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BBarton2.jpg|Barton celebrating her 106th birthday in 2014
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BBarton3.jpg|Barton playing her keyboard at the age of 106
BBarton4.jpg|Barbara Barton on 107th birthday
 
BBarton5.jpg|Barbara Barton at the age of 108
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BBarton4.jpg|Barton celebrating her 107th birthday in 2015
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BBarton5.jpg|Barton at the age of 108
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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==References==
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*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187607863/barbara-barton Barbara Gibbs Barton] Find a Grave
 
*[http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181013/110-year-old-rhode-islander-sustained-by-art-and-positive-outlook 110-year-old Rhode Islander sustained by art and positive outlook] Providence Journal, 13 October 2018
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*[https://turnto10.com/news/local/ri-woman-celebrates-112th-birthday Rhode Island woman celebrates 112th birthday] WJAR, 12 October 2020
 
[[Category:Rhode Island births]]
 
[[Category:Rhode Island births]]
 
[[Category:Living people]]
 
[[Category:Living people]]

Revision as of 16:47, 22 April 2021

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Barton at the age of 109
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Barbara Barton (née Gibbs; born 12 October 1908) is an American supercentenarian who is the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Her age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group.

Biography

Barbara Barton was born on 12 October 1908 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA, the only child of Harold and Mabel (Collamore) Gibbs. She studied textile design at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1928. She went on to work as a fabric designer in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was married to Edwin Barton (1909-1992), with whom she had four children.

Barton currently lives in a care home in East Providence, Rhode Island. She celebrated her 112th birthday in October 2020.

Gallery

References