25. Harry Joseph⁴ Aaron (Joseph³, Moss², Barney¹) was born in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 17 July 1897.⁽⁹⁸⁾ The name on his birth record was Joseph H. Aaron, but this was reportedly a mistake of the doctor who evidently was a bit of a "lush". Harry later had a rough time getting his birth certificate straightened out. The "middle" initial H. stood for Henry, but he was always called Harry and had it legally changed to that later in life. Harry died of lung cancer, 17 June 1986, at 37 E. Prescott St. in Forge Village, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at 88 years of age.⁽⁹⁹⁾ He was buried June 19th in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Mass.

He married Mabel Viola Barbera, 12 March 1919, at 160 Florence St. in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁽¹⁰⁰⁾ Mabel was born 12 June 1899, at home on Fells Court in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁽¹⁰¹⁾ Mabel was the daughter of Charles L. Barbera and Mary Durb. Mabel died of natural causes in her sleep, 23 April 1975, at home, 180 Linwood Ave., in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁽¹⁰²⁾ She was buried in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose on April 26th.

During World War I Harry was a wagoner in the U.S. Army Ammunition Train, having entered the Army on October 22, 1918. When he married in 1919 Harry was a handy man employed at the Navy Yard living at 295 W. Wyoming Ave. in Melrose and Mabel was a rubberworker living at 306 Washington St. in Melrose. When their son Harry Jr. was born in 1922 Harry Sr. was a produce merchant and they were living at 306 Washington St. in Melrose. When their daughter Barbara was born in 1924 they were at 233 Washington St. in Melrose and Harry gave his occupation as "trucking". They were in Melrose at 251 Wyoming Ave. in 1951 when his father died.

When Mabel died in 1975 they were living at 180 Linwood Ave. in Melrose. The occupation stated on her death certificate was as a nurse's aid at the Elmhurst Nursing Home. Harry was still at the same address in August 1967. When his sister Martha died in March 1976 he was living in Westford, Mass. When Harry died in 1986 he had been living with his son Harry Jr. at 37 East Prescott St. in Forge Village, Westford, Mass. for 11 years, although he spent his winters living with his daughter Barbara in North Carolina. He had worked for the Melrose Department of Public Works since June 1930, retiring in August 1967 as a foreman in the highways division. He was also a member of the American Legion Posts in Melrose and Westford and the Odd Fellows of Wakefield.

Harry Joseph Aaron and Mabel Viola Barbera had the following children:

+ 34 i. Harry Joseph⁵ Aaron Jr. was born 15 December 1922. Birth site: New England Sanitarium.

35 ii. Barbara Jean Aaron was born in Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 21 October 1924.⁽¹⁰⁴⁾ Birth site: at the New England Sanitarium. At the time of her birth her parents were living at 233 Washington St. in Melrose, Mass. Barbara died 10 December 2003, at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, at 79 years of age.⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ She married Donald Dougan, in 1954. Their marriage cannot be found in the Mass. vital records indexes from 1941-1960 so they were likely married elsewheree. They were divorced in 1965. From her obituary: "Barbara was best known as the operator and manager of the old 'Dock Side' at Wrightsville Beach (NC). She lived on 6th Street in Topsail where she loved to crab, fish and feed the ducks. She raised poodles most of her adult life. At the time of her death she resided at the Surf Condos at Topsail Beach. She was schooled in the Melrose school system in Massachusetts, where she excelled in sports. She was a champion swimmer at the age of 14, loved to snow ski and was on the first Women's Ice Hockey Team while in high school."

Her husband Donald was a Green Beret. Barbara lived in Whitesville Beach, North Carolina from 1966 to 1982. She moved to Surf City, N.C. in 1982 and was still living there in 1997.

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