When Anna Elizabeth Walter was born on 1 December 1859, in Lakeville, Union Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States, her father, John Ulrich Walter, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Boyer, was 26. She married George Washington Barnhart on 13 November 1887. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Union Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Madison Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 31 August 1938, in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States.
English (of Norman origin), German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wald ‘rule’ + heri, hari ‘army’. This personal name was introduced into England both in the reign of Edward the Confessor and by the Normans (in the forms Walt(i)er, Waut(i)er). After the Norman Conquest it soon became one of the most popular personal names in Britain. Compare Walther .
Germanized or Americanized form of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Valter and Czech Valtr: from the personal name Valter, Valtr, of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).
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