Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Barton was born on 3 July 1851, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Barton, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Kay, was 38. He died on 22 February 1868, in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Abraham Barton in household of William Barton, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Abraham Barton, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (6)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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