When Sarah Elizabeth Barker was born on 10 January 1837, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Barker, was 30 and her mother, Maria Hollingsworth, was 25. She married William Gurr on 27 April 1854, in New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Iron, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 3 February 1902, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Parowan Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
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.
Possible Related NamesEarly in the nineteenth century in a little town in Sussex, Northin, England, lived the humble family of James Gurr, his wife Sarah Eldredge and their ten children, John, William, Sarah, Enoch Eldredg …
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