The barbeau Surname
barbeau Name Meaning and History
- 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.
- 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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| Barbeau family history | David Chilicky | 63 |
| Marie Barbeau m. Gregoire Ried |
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| Toussaint Barbeau m. Charlotte Clement c. 1830, in Quebec? |
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| Barbeau's from Quebec to Sudbury, Ontario |
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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 |
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| Delia Barbeau m. Evariste Lamoureaux | debi | 1 |
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