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Blind Peter Barker
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Amy Woodforde-Finden
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Barber

Barber 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). Slovenian and Croatian; Hungarian (Barbér): occupational name for a barber of German origin (see Barbier compare 1 above and 2 above). Americanized form of any of numerous cognates of 1 above in different languages for example Spanish Barbero Portuguese Barbeiro French Barbier Italian Barbieri . Altered form of French Barbeau .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Barbe, Barbier, Barker, Barbero, Garber, Arber, Barbera, Farber
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 2021

Benjamin Barber 1852
Alice Barber 1878
Solomon Leedham Barber 1865

Benjamin BARBER Plot 2021

Inscription

In Loving Memory Of
Benjamin Barber
Of Birstwith
Who Died August 24th 1852
Aged 43 Years
Also Of Alice, Wife Of The Above
Who Died Feb 7th 1878
Aged 66 Years
Also Of Solomon Leedham
Son Of The Above
Who Died Oct 19th 1865
Aged 18 Years

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
2021	Alice BARBER	7 Feb 1878	66
2021	Benjamin BARBER	Benjamin BARBER	43
##	Charles BARBER	24 Jun 1807	13
##	Hannah BARBER	22 Mar 1809	14
##	John BARBER	28 Mar 1813	12
##	John BARBERJ###	28 Oct 1830	66
##	Margaret BARBER	12 Mar 1798	38
##	Margaret BARBER	20 Dec 1860	85
##	Mary BARBER	13 May 1796	73
##	Samuel BARBER	15 Jun 1823	46
2021	Solomon Leedham BARBER	19 Oct 1865	18
##	William BARBER	20 Oct 1816	28

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