Brief Life History of Eda Mildred
When Eda Mildred Barber was born on 23 November 1905, in Kansas, United States, her father, Adelbert C Barber, was 22 and her mother, Estella C. Dow, was 24. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with George Washington Johnson. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 February 1979, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Palo Verde Cemetery, Blythe, Riverside, California, United States.
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- Mildred Johnson in household of George W Johnson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mildred Barber, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Eda Mildred Barber, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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