Brief Life History of Barbara
Barbara was born about 1704. She had at least 2 sons and 7 daughters with Hans Ulrich Huber. She died on 18 February 1785, in Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Legacy NFS Source: Barbara - birth: 1700;
- Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-VVJ8?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-7MQ%3A268493801%2C268532101
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
Spouse and Children
1670–1760 Male
1704–1785 Female
Children (9)
1725–1788 Male
1727–1773 Female
1728–1794 Female
1731–1790 Male
1733– Female
+4 More Children
World Events (2)
1776
Age 72
1776
Age 72
Name Meaning
From Latin, meaning ‘foreign woman’ (a feminine form of barbarus ‘foreign’, from Greek, referring originally to the unintelligible chatter of foreigners, which sounded to the Greek ear like no more than bar-bar). St Barbara has always been one of the most popular saints in the calendar, although there is some doubt whether she ever actually existed. According to legend, she was imprisoned in a tower and later murdered by her father, who was then struck down by a bolt of lightning. Accordingly, she is the patron of architects, stonemasons, and fortifications, and of firework makers, artillerymen, and gunpowder magazines.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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