Elizabeth Ann Smith

Female8 June 1850–

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann

When Elizabeth Ann Smith was born on 8 June 1850, in Shaw and Crompton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Smith, was 42 and her mother, Betty Allin, was 43. She lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 31 years.

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Family Time Line

George Smith
1808–1874
Betty Allin
1807–1882
Mary Smith
1840–1912
Thomas Smith
1841–1841
Esther Allin Smith
1842–
Hanah Emma Smith
1844–1852
Sarah Ellen Smith
1846–
Elizabeth Ann Smith
1850–

Sources (6)

  • Elizabeth A Smith in household of Betty Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Elizabeth Ann Smith, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Elizabeth A Smith in household of George Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1854 · The Crimean War

Age 4

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

Age 9

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

1884

Age 34

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

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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