When Charles Barney was born on 23 March 1783, in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Luther Barney, was 26 and his mother, Abigail Winship, was 25. He married Mercy Yeoman in 1805, in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 28 February 1865, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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English: habitational name from Barney in Norfolk, which is probably named with an Old English personal name Bera (with genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island, dry ground in a marsh’.
English: from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard .
Scottish: possibly from the Old Norse personal name Bjarni (from bjǫrn ‘bear’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCharles Barney was born 23 March 18783 at Sandgate, Bennington, Vermont, the birthplace calculated from records of the Sandgate Congregational Church, and from the testimony of his father, Luther Ba …
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