Marvin Clarence Barker

Brief Life History of Marvin Clarence

When Marvin Clarence Barker was born on 3 September 1917, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Clarence Marcellus Barker, was 32 and his mother, Myrtle Edna Ririe, was 29. He married Maurine Strong on 25 August 1949, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1942 and lived in North Ogden Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 30 June 2005, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Marvin Clarence Barker
1917–2005
Ramona Poulson
1931–2014
Marriage: 23 July 1994

Sources (25)

  • Marvin Barker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Marvin Clarence Barker, "Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941"
  • Marvin Clarence Barker, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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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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