Complex sentence: Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. was born on May 8,1919 in Rye, New York, he was the second child of Alexander Crichlow Barker, Sr., a wealthy Canadian-born building contractor, and his American wife, the former Marion Thornton Beals.
Split into simpler sentences: Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. was born on May 8,1919 in Rye, New York. He was the second child of Alexander Crichlow Barker, Sr., a wealthy Canadian-born building contractor, and his American wife, the former Marion Thornton Beals.