Elizabeth Barnett

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Barnett was born on 13 October 1805, in Ringmer, Sussex, England, her father, Thomas Barnett, was 11802 and her mother, Elizabeth Newnham, was 20. She married Thomas Stanford on 31 December 1829, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Southwick, Sussex, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. In 1851, at the age of 46, her occupation is listed as gardener in Southwick, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. She died on 16 February 1868, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Stanford
1807–1882
Elizabeth Barnett
1805–1868
Marriage: 31 December 1829
Thomas Barnett Stanford
1830–1842
Ruth Stanford
1831–1914
Stephen Stanford
1832–1909
Joseph Stanford
1834–1909
Barnett Newnham Stanford
1836–1911
Alfred Stanford
1842–1916
Esther Elizabeth Stanford
1844–1916

Sources (66)

  • Elizabeth Standford in household of Thomas Standford, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Elizabeth Barnett, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Esther Elizabeth Stanford Comish, Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn, to set light to’).

English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): this surname has been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews in the English-speaking world, perhaps as an Anglicized form of a vaguely similar Jewish name such as Baruch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Family History of Thomas Stanford and Elizabeth Barnett

Thomas Stanford and Elizabeth Barnett Thomas Stanford was born 12 April 1807 in Portslade, Sussex England. His parents are Stephen Standford and Susanah Trussler. Thomas had great political beliefs …

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