Brief Life History of Martha Esther
When Martha Esther Barber was born on 30 March 1847, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Henry Merritt Barber, was 37 and her mother, Mary P Bliven, was 36. She married Joseph Gavitt Pendleton on 17 February 1867, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Waterford, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1910 and Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1920. She died on 15 January 1940, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Martha E Pendleton, "Rhode Island State Census, 1885"
- Martha E. Barber, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Martha E. Barber Pendleton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a barber, from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber, Old French barbier, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards, but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).
Catalan: occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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