Brief Life History of John Theodore
When John Theodore Faber was born on 29 June 1889, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Andrew Andreas Faber, was 44 and his mother, Matilda Thea Knudson, was 44. He married Mary Elizabeth Reardon on 22 September 1912, in Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Boston Ward 1, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years.
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Sources (15)
- John Faber, "United States Census, 1940"
- John Theodore Faber, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- John T Faber, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1889– Male
1884– Female
Children (2)
1913–1916 Female
1916–1988 Male
Parents and Siblings
1845–1928 Male
1845–1932 Female
Siblings (7)
1877–1958 Female
1879–1966 Male
1880–1969 Male
1882–1935 Male
1884–1887 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 1
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
Age 1
1920
Age 31
Name Meaning
German, Dutch, French (Alsace and Lorraine), and Danish; Slovak and Czech (mainly Fáber): occupational name from Latin faber ‘blacksmith’. At the time of the Reformation, it was much used as a humanistic name, a translation into Latin of vernacular surnames such as German Schmidt and Dutch Smit . Compare Fabri and Fauber .
History: In North America, this surname was originally also part of a title. It was François Lefebvre, sieur Duplessis Faber from Paris, France, whose title sieur Duplessis Faber was shortened into the surname Faber. He married Marie-Madeleine Chorel in Champlain, QC, in 1689.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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