When John Barnett was born on 22 August 1838, in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Barnett, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Bourne, was 34. He lived in Marlborough in the Vines, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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English: habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn, to set light to’).
English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): this surname has been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews in the English-speaking world, perhaps as an Anglicized form of a vaguely similar Jewish name such as Baruch .
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