Nina Thankful Barnett

Brief Life History of Nina Thankful

When Nina Thankful Barnett was born in November 1891, in Webster Township, Smith, Kansas, United States, her father, Robert Lindsey Barnett, was 39 and her mother, Rhoda Caroline George, was 31. She lived in Jewell, Jewell, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Lincoln Township, Smith, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died in 1919, in Jewell, Kansas, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Jewell, Jewell, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lindsey Barnett
1852–1924
Rhoda Caroline George
1860–1929
Arminta Jane Barnett
1878–1958
Ira Alfred Barnette
1880–1967
Arthur Lee Barnett
1883–1953
Bessie Ethelyn Barnett
1885–1953
Charles Franklin Barnett
1887–1966
Lester Leroy Barnett
1889–1975
Nina Thankful Barnett
1891–1919
Sylvia May Barnett
1894–1945
Zella D Barnett
1896–1971
Mary Ellen Barnett
1898–1978
Gladys Cleo Barnett
1904–1972

Sources (3)

  • Nina Barnett in household of R P Barnett, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
  • Nina Thankful Barnett, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Nina T Barret in household of Robert L Barrett, "United States Census, 1900"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn, to set light to’).

English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): this surname has been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews in the English-speaking world, perhaps as an Anglicized form of a vaguely similar Jewish name such as Baruch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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