The Bartender

I have previously written about Leonora Barba, sister of Marguerite Barba. This post takes a look at their brother, Henry John Barba. He was born on 8 November 1882 in New Orleans. As noted in Monday's post, Henry started his career as a cashier at the Hotel Morris Bar in Birmingham, Alabama in 1900. He moved back to New Orleans with his mother and sisters in 1901. Henry eventually relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio and he married actress Katherine Agnes Cain on 24 November 1908.

Ohio Marriage Records, Ancestry.

Like his sisters, his first marriage was short-lived. Henry returned to his mother's home at 708 Carondelet in the 1910 Census, but moved back to Cincinnati sometime after. His World War I draft card shows that he was back in Cincinnati, working as a bartender at the Wheel Cafe in 1918.

WWI Draft Card, 1918.

Henry married a second time, to a Catherine Dorothy (last name currently unknown to me). On his WW2 draft card in 1942, he listed Mrs. M. Barba, 1347 Magazine Street, New Orleans, as the person who would always know this address. Henry J. Barba died on 1 April 1947 in Cincinnati.