Barbe Family History
- Barbe Name Meaning
- French: nickname for someone with a beard, Old French barbe (Latin barba). French: from the female personal name, French form of Barbara. German: from Middle High German barbe, the name of a species of fish resembling the carp; hence by metonymy an occupational name for a fisherman or fish dealer, or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 132,323 Historical Documents with Barbe on Ancestry
- 45,605 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 12,585 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,122 Military Records
- 2,678 Immigration Records
- 70,333 Member Trees
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Number of Barbe families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Barbe families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Barbe census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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