Barry Family History
- Barry Name Meaning
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beargha ‘descendant of Beargh’, a byname meaning ‘plunderer’. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Báire ‘descendant of Báire’, a short form of either of two Gaelic personal names, Bairrfhionn or Fionnbharr. English, of Welsh origin: patronymic from Harry, the medieval English vernacular form of Henry, preceded by Welsh ap ‘son of’. Compare Parry. Variant spelling of Barrie 1.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 2,237,330 Historical Documents with Barry on Ancestry
- 799,862 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 490,061 Census and Voter Lists
- 114,934 Military Records
- 99,626 Immigration Records
- 732,847 Member Trees
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Number of Barry families
 816 - 1,630  273 - 815 |
 1 - 272  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Barry families
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132 - 261 45 - 131 |
1 - 44 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Barry census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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