Brief Life History of William L.
When William L. Barker was born on 21 March 1851, in Washington, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert C Barker, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Culbertson, was 38. He married Sarah Elizabeth Brewer on 29 December 1875, in Washington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Russell, Virginia, United States in 1860 and North Fork Magisterial District, Washington, Virginia, United States in 1880.
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- William Barker, "United States Census, 1880"
- William L Barker, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- William L Barker, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Assassination Plot
On April 14,1865, an assassination plot takes place. The first shot is President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth while at Ford's Theater. The second is the secretary of State William H. Seward who is stabbed multiple times. The final is suppose to be the vice president Andrew Johnson but the would be assassin got cold feet.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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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