Barker Family History
Barker Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle
English bark(en) ‘to tan’, tree bark having been used as the
tanning agent.English: occupational name for a shepherd,
Anglo-Norman French bercher (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.Altered spelling
of German Barger or Berger.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Barker
Name Distribution of Barker Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Barker families
 5,016 - 10,030  1,673 - 5,015 |
 1 - 1,672  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Barker families
|
94 - 186 32 - 93 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Barker census records
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Barker Family Origin
Barker Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Barker Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Barker families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Barker Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Barker census records
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Military Service by Barker
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