Brief Life History of Lilla Frances
When Lilla Frances Barber was born on 5 August 1885, in Decatur, Georgia, United States, her father, George Washington Junior Barber, was 25 and her mother, Maryan Elizabeth Lynn, was 23. She married James William Jernigan on 26 September 1907, in Decatur, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Brinson, Decatur, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Donalsonville, Seminole, Georgia, United States in 1930. She died on 6 October 1946, in Donalsonville, Decatur, Georgia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Donalsonville, Decatur, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Lila Jernigan, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lilla Frances Barber Jernigan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lillia Frances Barber in entry for Lenton Woodrow Jernigan and Lydia Elizabeth Summerall, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
Historical Boundaries: 1889: Decatur, Georgia, United States 1920: Seminole, Georgia, United States
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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