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Richard Barker

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Saint Erth Hill, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 6EX, United Kingdom
Death: December 30, 1880 (17)
The Franklin mine, Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, United States (premature dynamite blast)
Immediate Family:

Son of William Barker and Mary Barker

Occupation: Mine Laborer
Managed by: Private User
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About Richard Barker

1880 December 2
Portage Lake Mining Gazette
Houghton, Michigan

Two Cornish miners named Alfred Bennetts, aged 30 years, born in Cornwall, and Richard Barker, aged 17 years, son William and Mary of Cornwall England, were killed in the Franklin mine last Tuesday by a premature dynamite blast.

Source: http://www.mfhn.com/houghton/rosscoll/news/mg1880_2.txt

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Richard Barker's Timeline

1863
January 7, 1863
Saint Erth Hill, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 6EX, United Kingdom
1865
January 15, 1865
Age 2
St Erth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
1880
December 30, 1880
Age 17
The Franklin mine, Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, United States