Arthur Eugene Barker

Brief Life History of Arthur Eugene

When Arthur Eugene Barker was born on 29 July 1917, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Rufus Orrin Barker, was 35 and his mother, Ella Isadora Bushman, was 33. He married Marian Madeline Anderson on 20 May 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 5 October 1999, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Eugene Barker
1917–1999
Marian Madeline Anderson
1922–2012
Marriage: 20 May 1943
Janell Marian Barker
1954–2021

Sources (26)

  • Arthur Eugene Barker in household of Rufus Orrin Barker, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Arthur Eugene Barker, "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
  • Eugene Gene Barker, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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Story Highlight

Arthur Eugene “Gene” Barker b. 29 July 1917, d. 5 Oct 1999

The Theodore Turley Family Book, pp. 538-39, published 1978 In a small cozy home nestled in the Sanpete Valley just north of Fairview, Utah on July 29, 1917, was born the youngest son of Rufus Orrin …

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