Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Barker was born about 1782, in Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Andrew Barker, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Dove, was 44. She married Thomas Eley on 28 March 1803. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She was buried in Horsley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Sarah Eeley in entry for Joseph, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Sarah Eley in entry for Hanh Eley, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Sarah Eeley in entry for James Eeley, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
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World Events (6)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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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