Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Barker was born on 29 January 1798, in Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, her father, John Barker Jr., was 26 and her mother, Betsey Leland, was 20. She married James Dunn on 28 June 1815, in Ontario, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 16 November 1889, in Beaver Dam Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Providence City Cemetery, Providence, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Dunn in household of James Dunn, "United States Census, 1850"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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Crandell and Mary Ann Cahoon Dunn returned to Kanesville after their Mission. They find Crandell's family in Keg Creek, Pottawatamie.
Taken from Crandell Dunn's Mission Journal (#MS 1561 Pages 25-27). Crandell and Mary Ann Cahoon Dunn return from their mission in England on May 31 1851. His father's (James Dunn) Family is living on …
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