When Caroline Florence Barker was born on 11 December 1838, in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Barker, was 26 and her mother, Eliza Abbott, was 24. She married Edward Jonathan Palmer from 1852 to 1860, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 10 November 1884, in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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.
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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