Lorenzo Alma Barnett

Brief Life History of Lorenzo Alma

When Lorenzo Alma Barnett was born on 8 August 1851, in Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Thomas Barnett, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann Mathews, was 20. He married Mary Ellen Wade on 5 October 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fort Lemhi, Lemhi, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Kanesville, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 March 1935, in Lemhi, Lemhi, Idaho, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salmon City Cemetery, Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Alma Barnett
1851–1935
Mary Ellen Wade
1858–1934
Marriage: 5 October 1874
Alma Lorenzo "Wren" Barnett
1875–1936
Arthur Herbert Barnett
1877–1971
Daniel Edward Barnett
1878–1962
George Henry Barnett
1880–1958
Mary Ellen Barnett
1881–1967
William Thomas Barnett
1884–1965
Lucy Ann Barnett
1887–1941

Sources (38)

  • A in household of James Barnett, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Lorenzo Alma Barnett, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Alma Lorenzo Barnett, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1852

Historical Boundaries: 1852: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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