Brief Life History of William
When William Barker was born about 1787, in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Barker, was 34 and his mother, Ann Cox, was 29. He married Ann Cartwright on 31 May 1814, in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died in 1843, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57.
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- William Barker, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Baker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Barker, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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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