Ninth Generation

21. Herbert Henry "Herb" BARDEN was born on 20 April 1862 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^1,3,4,5,6,7 (According to the 1900 and 1910 Census, he and his parents were born in France and he emigrated to the US in 1875. The 1920 Census listed his birth place as Wisconsin and that of his parents as France.)

.
He emigrated in 1875 from France.^6,7

(The 1880 Census for Sylvan, Richland County, WI, lists a Herbert Barden, age 18, born in Wisconsin. He was living with his sister Martha and her family, and the birth place of their parents was listed as Canada. That may have been him.)

. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ His household was next to that of the parents of his wife and his occupation was listed as "Farmer." Herb appeared in the census in 1910 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ His occupation was listed as "Odd Jobs." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ His occupation was listed as "Laborer, Dairy Farm." He died on 1 February 1929 at the age of 66 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,3 Herb was buried in 1929 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³ in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

.

Herbert Henry "Herb" BARDEN and Esther Jane HILES were married on 19 June 1892 in Monroe County, WI.^1,4,8,9,10

. Esther Jane HILES, daughter of Daniel HILES and Mary Jane HUMPHREY, was born on 3 November 1865 in Wisconsin.^{3,4,5,7,11,12} The 1900 Census listed her birth date as November 1866 and her age as 23. Her gravestone lists her year of birth as 1865, so she was probably born in November 1865.

She was listed as "Hester" in the 1870 and 1910 Census, as "Hetti" in 1880, and as "Esther" in 1900, 1920 and 1930.

. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Viroqua Township, Vernon County, WI.¹³ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ Esther appeared in the census in 1900 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Her mother, Mary Hiles, age 82, a widow, and born in Virginia (sic), was living with her and her family. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ Esther appeared in the census in 1930 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² She was a widow and lived in the household of her son Edgar. She died on 6 October 1943 at the age of 77 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³ in the Warrens Mills Cemetery. She was buried in 1943 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,14 in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

.

Herbert Henry "Herb" BARDEN and Esther Jane HILES had the following children: