Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Barker was born on 1 April 1826, in Holly Spring MM, Randolph, North Carolina, United States, her father, Nicholas Barker, was 30 and her mother, Frances Fanny Lowe, was 28. She married Eli Carey in 1847, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 27 December 1886, in Westfield, Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Chester Cemetery, Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States.
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- Mary Carey in household of Eli Carey, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Barker Carey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Barker in entry for Samuel H Williamson and Eli Cary, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1834
Historical Boundaries: 1834: Hamilton, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle English barkere ‘tanner’, tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.
English: occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English berker, bercher (Old French berchier, bercher, berkier, berker, Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex ‘ram’, genitive berbicis). With the change of -ar- to -er- in Middle English, this became indistinguishable from the preceding name (see 1 above).
Americanized form of German Berger or Barger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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