(died 29 May 1937, aged 63), cheesemaker. Born at Moose Creek, Ont., not far west of GC. Barker began cheesemaking at Avonmore, Ont., and later was a cheesemaker in the Huntingdon, Que., area for David M. Macpherson, and then was inspector for the Macpherson cheese factories. Afterwards, he was a bookkeeper for a roadbuilding firm. He is said without explanation in his obituary to have been an advisor to the Hon. James A. Robb. Robb (1859-1929), who was of Huntingdon origins and connections, was minister of finance under Mackenzie King. (See also John Ford Macdonald) William J. Barker died at North Bay, Ont. Roman Catholic. It is not clear whether William J. Barker was of the family of Daniel Barker, a cheesemaker at Dunvegan, GC, who in 1898 contributed a letter to The Canadian Cheese and Butter Maker (see G. F. Brown) and in the same year (Glengarry News 4 Nov. 1898) entered a partnership with William McRae, a cheese manufacturer of Dunvegan.

Standard Freeholder 11 June 1937 * Rutley 62