Brief Life History of Ruth Geneva
When Ruth Geneva Barker was born on 16 June 1928, in Turtle Creek, Boone, West Virginia, United States, her father, Oceola Barker, was 36 and her mother, Pearl May Elkins, was 23. She married Leslie Ray Hager in 1954, in Boone, West Virginia, United States. She lived in Washington District, Boone, West Virginia, United States for about 5 years and Jeffrey, Boone, West Virginia, United States in 2005. She died on 12 May 2005, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Madison, Boone, West Virginia, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Ruth Barker in household of O C Barker, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ruth G, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Ruth Geneva Barker, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1949 · NATO is Established
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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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