Brief Life History of Josiah
When Josiah Barker was born on 24 December 1831, in Stansfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Barker, was 38 and his mother, Mary Dawson, was 36. He married Alice Woodhead on 28 November 1853, in Walsden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870 and Escalante, Iron, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1851, his occupation is listed as weaver, tailor, carpenter, penman, violinist, farmer, merchant in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States. He died on 21 July 1897, in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Escalante Cemetery, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Barker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Josiah Barker, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Josiah Barker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Josiah BARKER
Josiah Barker's Family Records - a Family Journal written by Josiah BARKER. TIB of the Endowment House 12694 p. 0024 gives Josiah's birth date as 26 Dec 1831, and list self as submitter. Josiah BA …
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