Brief Life History of John
When John Barkla was born in 1788, in St Agnes, Cornwall, England, his father, Stephen Barkla, was 26 and his mother, Mary Tonkin, was 27. He married Jenifer Jane Sylvester on 22 July 1809, in St Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Goonown, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 26 June 1853, in St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in St Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Barkle, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- John Barkla, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Barkla, "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"
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Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano." Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer.
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Juan, Mario, Ramon, Adolfo, Emilio, Juanita, Pedro, Ruben.
Hispanic: altered form of Galician Varela .
Polish (Bareła): from baryła ‘barrel’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a cooper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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