When Walter Frederick Herbert was born on 13 June 1773, in South Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Walter Herbert, was 31 and his mother, Anne Galbraith, was 28. He married Ann Galbreath on 27 February 1796, in Bush River MM, Newberry, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 15 December 1851, in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Bush River Baptist Church Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina, United States.
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German, English, and French: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri, hari ‘army’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. In Britain, this Old French name, introduced by the Normans, reinforced the less common Old English cognate Herebeorht. The surname was taken to Ireland after the Anglo-Norman invasion and in the 16th century.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the German personal name (see 1 above).
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Possible Related NamesWalter Herbert, Jr. was a prominent man in the county, a magistrate, and for several years a member of the state legislature.
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