Thomas Barnett

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Barnett was born in 1837, in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, his father, Thomas Barnett, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Bourne, was 33. He married Sarah Turner in 1857, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Marlborough in the Vines, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Barnett
1837–
Sarah Turner
1836–
Marriage: 1857
Sarah Elizabeth Barnett
1865–1937
Sarah Elizabeth Barnett
1865–
Emma Barnett
about 1871–
Mary Ann Barnett
about 1877–
Henrietta Barnett
about 1880–
Thomas Barnett
1869–

Sources (22)

  • Thomas Barnett in household of Thomas Barnett, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Thomas Barnet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thomas Barnett, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

about 1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

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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