Served in Company K, 29th Dining Infantry Regiment during Civil War.

Tabbert Name Meaning
North German and Dutch: from Middle Low German tabbert, Middle Dutch tabbaert ‘tabard’, a sleeveless overgarment worn by men in the Middle Ages (ultimately from French tabard, from Late Latin tabardum).

The surname may be a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a tabard, a nickname referring to a garment of livery, perhaps worn by a herald, or a metonymic occupational name for a tailor.

North German and East Frisian: from a Frisian personal name, Tjabbert, composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + berht ‘bright’, or from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal name Dagobert (from Old High German tac ‘day’ + berht ‘bright’).