Brief Life History of Barbara
When Barbara Jarvis was born on 28 June 1828, in Lewis, Virginia, United States, her father, Caleb Jarvis, was 28 and her mother, Diana White, was 25. She married George Washington Hardway about 1844, in Calhoun, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Washington District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Center District, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 18 April 1890, in Calhoun, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Calhoun, West Virginia, United States.
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- Barbara Hardway in household of George Hardway, "United States Census, 1870"
- Barbara Jarvis Hardway, "Find A Grave Index"
- Barbara Hardway in entry for John Arnold, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Gervais(e), itself from ancient Germanic Gervas, with gair ‘spear’ as the first element and an uncertain second, perhaps a borrowing of Celtic wass- ‘servant, vassal’. The Latinized name Gervasius was borne by a Christian saint, martyred under the Roman Emperor Domitian, who became one of the patrons of Milan.
English: in Yorkshire, sometimes a habitational name from Jervaulx in East Witton (North Yorkshire). The place takes its name from the river Ure + Old French val, vals ‘valley’.
Americanized form of French Gervais and of its variant Gervaise, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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