Alma Barney

Brief Life History of Alma

When Alma Barney was born on 14 July 1848, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Henry Charles Barney, was 32 and his mother, Marcy Jane Lucas, was 35. He married Alice Ann Gardner on 22 September 1871, in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States for about 20 years. In 1880, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as farmer in Utah, United States. He died on 27 December 1930, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alma Barney
1848–1930
Alice Ann Gardner
1850–1926
Marriage: 22 September 1871
Alma Barney
1872–1873
Harriet Barney
1874–1874
George Henry Barney
1876–1925
Mary Alice Barney
1878–1954
Sarah Elizabeth Barney
1880–1948
Edgar Lawrence Barney
1882–1898
Josephine Barney
1884–1976
Jesse Newton Barney
1887–1924
Grace Odelia Barney
1890–1941
Ava Delilah Barney
1893–1926

Sources (59)

  • Alma Barney, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Alma Barney, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

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.

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Alice Ann Gardner

Left from Liverpool 4 Feb 1854 arrived in New Orleans 18 March 1854, 42 days. Company leader was D. Curtis there were 464 LDS passengers. Ship was built in 1852 at St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. B …

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