When Nancy Adeline Barker was born on 29 August 1831, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Nathaniel Barker, was 23 and her mother, Amelia Cockerham, was 22. She married Jordan Allen Gentry on 7 August 1845. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Edwards Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. She died on 3 March 1901, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.
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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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