Brief Life History of Josiah
When Josiah Smith Jr was born in 1813, in Paris Hill, Paris, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Josiah Smith, was 30 and his mother, Charity Munson, was 26. He had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Mary J Rogers. He lived in Aztalan, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 June 1862, in Lake Mills, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Rock Lake Cemetery, Lake Mills, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Josiah Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- J Smith in entry for Florence Delphine Mercer*, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
- Josiah Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1813–1862 Male
1813–1908 Female
Children (8)
1833–1908 Male
1834–1923 Female
1835–1891 Male
1838–1869 Male
1840– Female
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1783–1869 Male
1787–1864 Female
Siblings (6)
1813–1862 Male
1814–1905 Male
1816– Female
1818–1905 Male
1821–1884 Female
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World Events (6)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 6
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 7
1829
Age 16
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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