my grandparents were lenard launcelot bares and ruth (shifferstein) baresl
the largest concentration of BARES is found in the 12th century in catalon spain....we were successfuln merchant class in gems..furriers and politics..we distinguished ourselves as warriors as well especially when we migrated to germany and eastern europe....certain clans in the bares lineage gave male heirs middle names begginning with L..len...lennard...launcelot being the most prevelant...first name bert is prevelant as well...however bert evolved as a name from once being a title and special recoginition given to the bravest warrior in a village/area/district who was usually made chief.....schiffersteins were the aristrocrats dominat in many areas in which we lived....thus the union of the aristocrats with the merchant/military class