Re: Looking for Info.of hisory on Yarber
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Re: Looking for Info.of hisory on Yarbers
Eugene Landreth 10/03/00
I agree with Eugene. My mother was a Yarber. She said that a group of her grandparents changed their name from Yarbrough to Yarber so they could keep up with theirkinfolks. It is my understanding that the name originated from the river Yar in England was a "county,...settlement ..." called a borough. Therefore "Yarbrough". People back there and then did not have last names. The information I have is that our family traced their lineage through the "first" names of their first born.
Doug
My Yarber family came through NC or SC to the Cumberland of TN and then to Ala. My grandfather was born in 1878 in MS/AL others before that...there. Most all of those Yarbers are still there. The mayor of Belmont, MS is Bob Yarber.
Doug