When Henry Blacker was born in 1852, in Clutton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Blacker, was 31 and his mother, Martha Evans, was 26. He married Sarah Ann Brown on 25 December 1872, in Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died on 17 April 1894, at the age of 42.
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English: from Blacker, a minor placename in Crigglestone in Sandal (Yorkshire), meaning ‘black marsh’ from Old English blæc ‘black’ + Old Norse kjarr ‘marsh’.
English: occupational name from Middle English blakere, blakkere, the meaning of which is disputed. It may be a derivative of Middle English blaken ‘to blacken’ (from Old English blæc ‘black’). The nature of the occupation is unclear, but it may have involved making black ink or dyeing cloth black. It is also speculated to derive from an unrecorded Middle English blaken, a hypothetical side form of blechen, from Old English blǣcan ‘to whiten’.
German (Bläcker): probably from Middle Low German black ‘black ink’, hence an occupational name for an ink maker.
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