Nantaket

When Robert Moller Gilbreth was born on 4 July 1920, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr, was 51 and his mother, Lillian Evelyn Moller, was 42. He lived in Montclair, Montclair Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States for about 87 years. He died on 24 July 2007, in Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States.

Generation 2: The (Baker's) Dozen

Anne Moller Gilbreth

b. 9 September 1905 – Manhattan, NYC
d. 16 February 1987 – Palo Alto, California (81y 5m)
e. Smith College (2 years); degree from University of Michigan 1926
m. Robert Ethelbert Barney MD, 18 Sep 1926 – Montclair, New Jersey
c. Robert Ethelbert Barney Jr, 1928; Frank Gilbreth Barney, 1930; Peter Charles Barney 1932
i. unknown

Anne was born in New York City on September 9, 1905. Her name seems to be a blend of the two family histories, with Anne from both Frank Sr's oldest sister and from Lillian's mother Annie Moller. Most of the children to follow would carry such an ancestral first and middle name combination.

She first attended Smith College in central Massachusetts, then transferred to the University of Michigan, where she met her future husband. Although she had lost interest in college, where she had been involved in debate, drama and literary efforts, she felt obliged to the family and completed her degree in 1926.

She married Robert “Doctor Bob” Barney in September, just past

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