Velma O. Barnett

Brief Life History of Velma O.

When Velma O. Barnett was born on 7 February 1910, in Oklahoma, United States, her father, Andrew Franklin Barnett, was 27 and her mother, Amanda Isabel Sumpter, was 24. She lived in Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Brown Township, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died in 1943, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 33.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Franklin Barnett
1882–1971
Amanda Isabel Sumpter
1886–1950
Effie Barnett
1905–1972
Ethel May Barnett
1907–1987
Velma O. Barnett
1910–1943
Frank Leota Barnett
1912–1968
Alta Barnett
1914–
Camilla Barnett
1918–1941
Lucille G Barnett
1921–2000
Lillian I Barnett
1923–1987
Ruby Barnett
1926–
Mayme Edna Barnett
1931–1997

Sources (7)

  • Velma Barnett, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Barnett Children's birth dates
  • Velma O. Barnett, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1917 · The Green Corn Rebellion

A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn, to set light to’).

English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): this surname has been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews in the English-speaking world, perhaps as an Anglicized form of a vaguely similar Jewish name such as Baruch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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