Mary Alice Barker

Brief Life History of Mary Alice

When Mary Alice Barker was born on 4 October 1859, in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Josiah Barker, was 27 and her mother, Alice Woodhead, was 28. She married Don Carlos Shurtz ll on 15 October 1878, in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Boulder Election Precinct, Garfield, Utah, United States in 1900 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 30 July 1952, in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Don Carlos Shurtz ll
1859–1931
Mary Alice Barker
1859–1952
Marriage: 15 October 1878
Don Carlos Shurtz III
1880–1880
Mary Alice Shurtz
1881–1967
Josiah Shurtz
1884–1955
Elizabeth Shurtz
1886–1912
Iva Shurtz
1888–1963
Edwin Ray Shurtz
1891–1974
John Riley Shurtz
1894–1958
Barker Wayne Shurtz
1903–1986

Sources (28)

  • Mary Alice Barker Shurtz, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Mary A. Barker, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
  • Mary Alice Shurtz, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1875

Historical Boundaries: 1875: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1882: Garfield, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Garfield, Utah, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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