Brief Life History of Eli
When Eli Barker was born on 24 August 1821, in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England, his father, Joseph Barker, was 38 and his mother, Mary Green, was 27. He married Mary Castle on 13 April 1840, in Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. In 1861, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as coal miner in Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Eli Barker in household of Matthew Barker, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Eli Barker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Eli Barker, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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