Mary Barker

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Barker was born on 16 February 1804, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Barker Sr, was 26 and her mother, Margaret Temperance “Peggy” Noland, was 28. She married William Barker on 9 July 1822, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Johnson, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Barada, Richardson, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years. She died on 6 September 1890, in Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Barker
1803–1879
Mary Barker
1804–1890
Marriage: 9 July 1822
Stephen A Barker
1823–1903
James P Barker
1826–1893
John N. Barker
1828–1900
Elias Barker
1829–1907
Lucinda Barker
1832–1919
Paulina Barker
1835–1894
Sarah Ann Barker
1837–1906
William Barker
1840–1897
Mary Elizabeth Barker
1843–
Henry Fay Barker
1846–1884

Sources (9)

  • Mary Backer in household of Wm Backer, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Barker - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Barker
  • Mary Barker, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

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.

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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