When Eliza Ann Barrett was born on 16 March 1837, in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Barrett, was 36 and her mother, Susanna James, was 26. She married Thomas Foote on 2 May 1857, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, Utah, United States for about 30 years. She died on 14 February 1915, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
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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).
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Possible Related NamesEliza Ann Barrett Foote was born April 6th, 1837 in Pontypoole, Monmouthshire, England, the daughter of William Barrett and Susan (Ann) James Barrett. She was small of stature, being about four feet …
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