When Riley Eljan Barber was born on 22 January 1891, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Charles Barber, was 27 and his mother, Alice Evelyn Kent, was 22. He married Vera Francis Oviatt on 13 June 1914, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Syracuse, Davis, Utah, United States in 1910 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 December 1958, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1894: Carbon, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Carbon, Utah, United States
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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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