Le barbier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

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 Le barbier family

The surname Le barbier 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 Le barbier family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Le barbier 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 Le barbier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Le barbier Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Le barbier some of which are 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 Le barbier family

Notable 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...
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Le barbier Ranking

In France, the name Le barbier is the 8,304^th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1

Le barbier migration to the United States +

By 1643 there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Since immigration was slow, early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. 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 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Le barbier has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Le barbier were

Le barbier Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Adolphus LeBarbier, who arrived in New York, NY in 1834 2

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)