When Elisabeth Barker was born on 21 April 1804, in Sunbury, New Brunswick, British North America, her father, Asa Upton Barker, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Meade, was 23. She married William Wesley Gordon on 1 January 1828, in Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 1 January 1877, at the age of 72.
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March 25, 1820, the first bank located in Saint John, New Brunswick, was established.
The Aroostook War took place from 1838-1839. It was a conflict between the state of Maine and New Brunswick over the northern boarder. The battle was bloodless.
In 1851, New Brunswick became known for being home to the world's fastest clipper ship, the Marco Polo. It was a three masted clipper ship. It's maiden voyage was to Liverpool and only took 15 days. It sailed from Liverpool to Melbourne in 76 days.
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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