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![Show Contents]() Delabarbier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The surname is one of the most ancient names that came Medieval French society. It was a Norman name for a person who was a barber having derived from the Old French word barbe, meaning whisker and it refers to a person who was in the business of cutting hair and shaving men's beards. In some cases the name may have also been derived from a nickname for a man with a heavy beard. Early Origins of the Delabarbier familyThe surname Delabarbier was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family held a family seat from very ancient times. Early History of the Delabarbier familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Delabarbier research. Another 216 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1143, 1258, 1430, 1500, 1575, 1593, 1614, 1647, 1655, 1670, 1674, 1689, 1699, 1714, 1765, 1771, 1805, 1825 and 1882 are included under the topic Early Delabarbier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Delabarbier Spelling VariationsHistory has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Delabarbier, some of which include Barbier, Barbbier, le Barbier, la Barbier, de Barbier, Barbierre, Barbière, Barbiere, la Barbière, la Barbierre, le Barbierre, Barrbier, Barrebier, Baurbier, Baurbierre and many more. Early Notables of the Delabarbier familyNotable amongst the family in this period was Louis Barbier (1593-1670), known as Abbé de la Rivière, a French clergyman, Bishop of Langres in 1655 who made a fortune by...
Another 30 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Delabarbier Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Delabarbier familyMigration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Delabarbier were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Delabarbier were M. Barbier, aged 20, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719; Jean Baptiste Barbier, who came to Louisiana in 1756; a Miss Barbier, who arrived in New Orleans in 1821.
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