Harriet Barker

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Barker was born in 1801, in Ossett, Yorkshire, England, her father, Isaac Barker, was 11798 and her mother, Elizabeth Marsden, was 11798. She married Joseph Jenkinson on 15 April 1821. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Ossett, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Jenkinson
1797–
Harriet Barker
1801–
Marriage: 15 April 1821
Eliza Jenkinson
1821–
Emma Jenkinson
1825–
Ann Jenkinson
1827–
Eunice Jenkinson
1829–
William Jenkinson
1831–
Richard Jenkinson
1834–
Isaac Jenkinson
1836–

Sources (32)

  • Harriett Jenkinson in household of Joseph Jenkinson, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Harriett Barker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Harriett Barker, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (8)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed

The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

Name Meaning

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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