Brief Life History of Mary Bolt
When Mary Bolt Barnard was born on 13 March 1811, in Kibler, Patrick, Virginia, United States, her father, Isham Barnard, was 23 and her mother, Sarah "Sally" Mahala Burch, was 25. She married Thomas Bonaparte Shelor on 8 March 1831, in Patrick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died before 1850, in Virginia, United States.
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- Mary Bernard, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Pollie Shialos in entry for Mary Jane Robertson, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Mary Bolt Barnard in entry for Sarah A Hall, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and French: variant of Bernard and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Barnard is very rare in France.
Americanized form of German Bernhard or Bernhardt , and of German, Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Bernard .
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. John Barnard was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker). Another John Barnard, born in Boston in 1681, was a Congregational clergyman who served as minister of Marblehead, MA, from 1716 to 1770.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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