When George Reynolds Barber was born in 1773, in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, James Barber Sr., was 47 and his mother, Margaret Wilcox, was 27. He married Amy Popple on 4 August 1793, in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 4 August 1830, in Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 57.
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English: occupational name for a barber, from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber, Old French barbier, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards, but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).
Catalan: occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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