Brief Life History of Frances Delemah
When Frances Delemah Berry was born on 26 November 1863, in Warsaw, Somerset, Maine, United States, her father, Kendrick Berry, was 39 and her mother, Sybil M. Carver, was 39. She married John Andrew Barnes about 1879. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1910 and Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. She died on 5 October 1963, in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Nelemah F Barnes, "United States Census, 1920"
- Delemar Berry in entry for Everett Capen and Hazel Barnes, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
- Frances D Barnes in household of John A Barnes, "United States Census, 1880"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Béara ‘descendant of Béara’, a personal name of unexplained etymology; or, in some cases, perhaps an Anglicized form of Irish and Manx Ó Beargha. Compare Barry 1.
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Barrie .
English: habitational name from any of several places called in Devon named with Old English byrig, dative case of burh ‘fortified manor house, stronghold’, such as Berry Pomeroy and Berrynarbor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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