When Mary Barras was christened on 15 October 1775, in Chester le Street, Durham, England, her father, Henry Barras, was 45 and her mother, Dorothy Walton, was 35. She married Andrew Barrass in 1799, in Chester-le-Street, Durham, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Houghton le Spring, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in 1849, in Chester le Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.
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English (Durham and Northumberland): variant of Barrass, itself a variant of Barrows .
French: from an augmentative of Barre 1. It may also be a habitational name from (Le/Les) Barras, the name of several places in various parts of France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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