Brief Life History of Arthur John
When Arthur John Barker was born on 21 January 1891, in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, his father, William Barker, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Hand, was 34. He married Cecil Mary Dean on 12 June 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hilliard, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1913 and Election District 1 Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 9 February 1968, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Evanston City Cemetery, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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- Arthur J Barker, "United States 1950 Census"
- Arthur John Barker, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Arthur John Barker, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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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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