Brief Life History of James
When James Barnett was born on 6 December 1812, in Eckington, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Barnett, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Fouch, was 43. He married Elizabeth Moseley on 14 December 1837, in Crowle, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Dodderhill, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 5 years and Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1863. In 1841, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as agricultural laborer in Crowle, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 22 October 1894, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- James Barnett, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James Barnet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Barnet, "England Marriages, 1538–1973" – Mary Green or Lacey
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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: 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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