When Johanna Barber was born in 1839, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Josiah Barber, was 39 and her mother, Mary Mantle, was 38. She lived in Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 24 February 1848, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 9, and was buried in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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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