Joseph Barker

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Barker was born on 29 October 1867, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, James Barker, was 40 and his mother, Polly Emeline Blodgett, was 34. He married Frances Alice Chadwick on 21 November 1888, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1935 and Ogden City Legislative District 4, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 15 November 1943, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Barker
1867–1943
Frances Alice Chadwick
1867–1947
Marriage: 21 November 1888
Joseph Delbert Barker
1889–1950
Nellie Barker
1890–1981
Lena Barker
1898–1972

Sources (34)

  • Joseph Barker, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Joseph Barker, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Joseph Barker, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle English barkere ‘tanner’, tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.

English: occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English berker, bercher (Old French berchier, bercher, berkier, berker, Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex ‘ram’, genitive berbicis). With the change of -ar- to -er- in Middle English, this became indistinguishable from the preceding name (see 1 above).

Americanized form of German Berger or Barger .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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BIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH BARKER

Joseph Barker was born on 29 October 1867 in North Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory to James and Polly Emeline Blodgett Barker. He was the eighth of eleven children, five girls and six boys, all born in N …

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