When Phebe Barber was born on 18 February 1771, in Harmony, Sussex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Barber, was 35 and her mother, Margaret Perrine, was 35. She married John Stivers about 1793, in Greenwich Township, Warren, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 7 March 1826, in Newport Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Newport, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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.
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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