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
Sources (1)
- Lilian Barber, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
Parents and Siblings
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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