James Austin Barrett

Brief Life History of James Austin

When James Austin Barrett was born on 10 April 1910, in York, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Monroe Barrett, was 31 and his mother, Mary Martha Barber, was 30. He had at least 1 son with Pauline Edith Huffstickler. He died on 31 December 2001, in Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States.

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James Austin Barrett
1910–2001
Pauline Edith Huffstickler
1912–2001
Roger Wayne Barrett
1939–2012

Sources (8)

  • James A Barrett, "United States Census, 1920"
  • James A Barrett, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • James A Barrett in entry for Roger Wayne Barrett, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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1935 · The FBI is Established

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Name Meaning

English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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