When Andrew Jackson Barber was born on 14 February 1848, in St. Clair, Alabama, United States, his father, Champion Monroe "Champ" Barber, was 31 and his mother, Margaret R. Kelly, was 25. He lived in McClendon, St. Clair, Alabama, United States in 1850. He died on 24 December 1860, in Coal City, St. Clair, Alabama, United States, at the age of 12.
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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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