Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Barrett was born on 8 September 1811, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Barrett, was 20 and his mother, Sarah Meadows, was 23. He married Sarah Ann Soulsby on 13 August 1838, in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Deptford St Paul, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 6 September 1896, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Barrett, "United States Census, 1870"
- Henry Barrett, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Henry Barrett, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Henry Barrett - A Brief History
Henry Barrett was born 14 September 1811 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He was the son of Henry Barrett, Sr. and Sarah Meadows. Henry learned the trade of ship carpenter when a boy and spent nine ye …
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