Brief Life History of Walden
When Walden Barber was born on 7 March 1849, in Kent, Michigan, United States, his father, Oscar Bennett Barber, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Johanna Mason, was 25. He died in September 1851, at the age of 2.
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- Walden Barber in household of O B Barber, "United States Census, 1850"
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Name Meaning
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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