When Eleanor Vickers was born in 1814, in Russell, Virginia, United States, her father, John Vicars, was 32 and her mother, Marinda Alvis, was 28. She married William B Barker on 11 October 1852, in Washington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in North Fork Magisterial District, Washington, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died in 1880, in Washington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 66.
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English: occupational name for the servant of a vicar (see Vicker ). It may also represent an elliptical form of a topographic name. Compare Parsons .
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac á Bhiocair or Irish Mac an Bhiocaire; see McVicar .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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