Ethel Maud Barber was born about 1895, in South Australia, Australia. She married Alfred Clarendon Cook on 30 June 1915, in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia. She lived in Salisbury, South Australia, Australia in 1943. She died on 3 February 1943, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 49, and was buried in Mitcham, South Australia, Australia.
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1890–1948 Male
1895–1943 Female
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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