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People named Barney Corey

Below are 3 people with the first name Barney and the last name Corey. Try the Corey Family page if you can't find a particular Collaborative Biography in your family tree.

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Barney was a West coast showman and a builder and operator of carnival games. Barney married Marie Swanson I believe in the early to middle fifties. Around 1955 Barney & Marie traveled East and joined up with Cetlin & Wilson Shows. Cetlin & Wilson traveled the Eastern states playing state, county, and locally sponsored fairs and carnivals. Barney & Marie purchased Cetlin & Wilson shows in 1968 and operated it a short while and then ceased operations. Over time they sold off the assets of the defunct Cetlin & Wilson Shows but continued in the carnival business as game builders and operators. Barney & Marie purchased a home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and lived there until Marie's death in 1982. Barney went on living his remaining years on the road until his passing in Tampa, Florida in 1993. P.S: At one time Barney & Marie had an adopted son named Frankie.
Barney Corey of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington was born on October 6, 1903, and died at age 83 years old in June 1987.
Barney Corey of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida was born on December 5, 1900, and died at age 78 years old in February 1979.
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