When Anna Barry was born on 22 February 1894, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thomas H. Barry, was 47 and her mother, Marie M Reynolds, was 44. She lived in Cherry Valley, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. She died on 11 August 1923, at the age of 29.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Aidan, Ciaran, Eoin, John Patrick, Kaitlin, Kieran, Murphy, Aileen, Brigid, Caitlin.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beargha ‘descendant of Beargh’, a byname meaning ‘plunderer’.
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Báire ‘descendant of Báire’, a short form of either of two Gaelic personal names, Bairrfhionn or Fionnbharr, both meaning ‘fair-topped’. This may also be the source of the Manx name Barry, whose family's main seat was Ballavarry in Kirk Andreas.
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