Barber

Brief Life History of Barber

When Barber was born in 1785, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Bildad Barber, was 40 and his mother, Lois Humphrey, was 37. He died about 1786, at the age of 2.

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Family Time Line

Bildad Barber
1745–1816
Lois Humphrey
1748–1809
Humphrey Barber
1763–1832
Truman Freeman Barber
1769–
Jonathan Barber
1770–1839
Erastus Barber
1775–1862
Percy Barber
1777–1859
Ruluf Barber
1783–1832
Lois Barber
1784–1849
Barber
1785–1786
Baby Barber
1788–1788
Baby Barber
1788–1788
Bildad Barber Jr.
1789–1871
Philo Barber
1793–1877

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    World Events (1)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    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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