George Ernest Barton

Brief Life History of George Ernest

George Ernest Barton was born on 7 October 1871, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States. He married Emily Maud Barnes on 14 June 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States for about 15 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 23 May 1955, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Ernest Barton
1871–1955
Emily Maud Barnes
1875–1951
Marriage: 14 June 1900
George Byron Barton
1901–1959
Ruth Barton
1903–1960
Edgar Barnes Barton
1908–1988
Richard Barnes Barton
1908–1991

Sources (46)

  • Geo E Barton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • George E Barton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • George Ernest Barton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.

Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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