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barbeau Name Meaning and History

  1. from barbeau ‘barbel’, a type of fish, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, or a nickname for a man with a sparse beard, the fish being distinguished by beardlike growths on either side of its mouth.
  2. nickname from a derivative of Old French, Occitan barbel ‘point’, ‘tooth’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of barbeau Families in the US in 1920
Number of barbeau families
 18-33
 7-17		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Search for Barbeau Margaret Venderley 4
Barbeau line in St. Eustache,Deux Montagnes,Quebec Kelli (Freel) Prue 3
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Marguerite Barbeau married Michel Jubinville June 8, 1706 Coreen_Y 0
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