When Elizabeth Barber was born on 5 December 1846, in Mellor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Barber, was 33 and her mother, Lissey Hadfield, was 33. She married John William Simister on 27 June 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1866 and lived in Coalville Election Precinct, Summit, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 18 December 1924, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, 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.
Possible Related NamesThis short history of John W. Simister was gathered together by his daughter Mrs. Margaret A. Simister Lee and was written in the interest of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Transcribed from original …
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