Barber Family History
- Barber Name Meaning
- English: occupational name for a 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. Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’. Catalan: occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1). Americanized form of any of numerous cognates of 1 in different languages, for example Spanish Barbero, Portuguese Barbeiro, French Barbier, Italian Barbieri.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 4,640,364 Historical Documents with Barber on Ancestry
- 1,223,896 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 797,982 Census and Voter Lists
- 123,008 Military Records
- 59,615 Immigration Records
- 2,435,863 Member Trees
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Number of Barber families
 1,250 - 2,497  417 - 1,249 |
 1 - 416  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Barber families
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195 - 388 66 - 194 |
1 - 65 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Barber 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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