Brief Life History of Bearthar Shaber
When Bearthar Shaber Sparrow was born on 29 July 1865, her father, William Sparrow, was 40 and her mother, Theresa Wharton, was 29. She had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Azire Whorton. She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 10 January 1919, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Bertha Whorton in household of Azier Whorton, "United States Census, 1910"
- Berthashaber Whorton, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Bearthar Shaber Whorton, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1866 · Married Women's Property Act
Married Women’s Property Act protected women’s rights protected property for women in Oregon upon the death of her husband.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English spark, sperk ‘fiery particle, spark’ (Old English spearca, spærca, sperca). It may have been used of a lively person or ironically of its opposite (such as Willelmus Dulle Sperke, 1293); or it may have been given to someone who created sparks, such as a blacksmith.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an area of shrubs or brushwood, from Middle English sparke, sperke, Old English spearca. The term appears in placenames across England, including Sparkhayne and Sparkwell in Devon, a county where the surname Spark is well evidenced.
German: nickname either from Middle High German spar ‘sparrow’ (see Sparrow ) or from Middle Low German sparke ‘spark’. Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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