Lilian Barber

Brief Life History of Lilian

When Lilian Barber was christened on 19 March 1911, in Elswick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Barber, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Hayton, was 22.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Barber
1883–1947
Sarah Hayton
1889–1978
Lilian Barber
1911–
florence barber
thomas barber
1915–1989
rene barber
1918–2009
harry barber
1920–1980

Sources (1)

  • Lilian Barber, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"

World Events (3)

1914

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

1914 · Britain Enters the Great War

After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.

1918

WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

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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