Edwin John Barr

Male3 February 1936–3 October 1981

Brief Life History of Edwin John

Edwin John Barr was born on 3 February 1936 as the son of Albert Floyd Barr. He lived in Plainfield Township, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1981. He died on 3 October 1981, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Algoma Township Cemetery, Rockford, Kent, Michigan, United States.

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Edwin John Barr
1936–1981
Evelyn Ruth Lundin
1936–2014

Sources (4)

  • Edwin J Barr, "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996"
  • Edwin in entry for Mr Albert F Barr, "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006"
  • Edwin Barr, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1937 · The Neutrality Act

Age 1

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1941

Age 5

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1949 · NATO is Established

Age 13

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Glasgow) and northern Irish (Ulster): habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ or a Brittonic cognate of this.

English and Welsh: habitational name from Great Barr in Staffordshire. This is from Brittonic barro- ‘top, summit’, referring to Barr Beacon; there is evidence that this was known as la Bare in the 13th century.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure, France, or perhaps from Barre-de-Semilly in Manche, France.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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