Brief Life History of William
When William Barker was born on 26 December 1833, in Le Ray, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Frederick Barker, was 33 and his mother, Ann Bligh, was 31. He married Mary Ann Holt on 13 October 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 11 years. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 19 November 1902, in Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- William Barker, "United States Census, 1870"
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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.
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Historical Boundaries 1845: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1858
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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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Henry Barker b. 18 October 1840, d. 18 February 1918
Author(s) unkown Frederick Barker and Ann Bligh, parents of Henry Barker, were married in England, Feb. 18, 1822, and settled down at Diss, Eng., where four children were born to them: Matilda, Mary …
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