Brief Life History of Hiram Marion
When Hiram Marion Barr Jr was born on 11 January 1921, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States, his father, Hiram Marion Barr, was 40 and his mother, Thomasine Clair Church, was 30. He married Marjorie Anne Orr on 31 May 1950, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 9, Maury, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 5 November 1983, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Hiram Barr in household of Hiram Barr, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hiram Marion Jr Barr - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Hiram Marion Jr Barr
- Hiram Marion Barr, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
Spouse and Children
1921–1983 Male
1923–2005 Female
Children (1)
1952–2022 Female
Parents and Siblings
1880–1962 Male
1890–1972 Female
Siblings (3)
1914–1993 Female
1917–1917 Female
1921–1983 Male
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 2
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
Age 10
1941
Age 20
Name Meaning
Scottish (Glasgow) and northern Irish (Ulster): habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ or a Brittonic cognate of this.
English and Welsh: habitational name from Great Barr in Staffordshire. This is from Brittonic barro- ‘top, summit’, referring to Barr Beacon; there is evidence that this was known as la Bare in the 13th century.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure, France, or perhaps from Barre-de-Semilly in Manche, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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