Brief Life History of Joseph George
When Joseph George Barrett was born on 24 March 1884, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, John Barrett, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Johnson, was 42. He married Caroline Early on 14 November 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Milford, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 16 October 1947, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph George Barrett, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1908
- Joseph G. Barrett, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Joseph George Barrett, son of John and Hannah Johnson Barrett, was born in Beaver City, Utah March 21, 1884. I was the only child. My father homesteaded a place 20 miles north of Milford, Utah callin …
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