Brief Life History of Oda Lenora
When Oda Lenora Smith was born on 26 August 1869, in Warrensburg Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States, her father, Theophilus Case Smith, was 28 and her mother, Martha Jane Howe, was 18. She married Noble Robert Jesse Thomas on 20 September 1890, in Warrensburg Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Montserrat Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Montserrat, Johnson, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 12 February 1954, in Warrensburg Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84.
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Sources (12)
- Oda L Anthony in household of Harry Anthony, "United States Census, 1940"
- Oda Lenora Smith Thomas-Anthony, "Find A Grave Index"
- Oda Lenora Smith in entry for Noble R Thomas, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
Spouse and Children
1871–1914 Male
1869–1954 Female
Children (11)
1891–1956 Female
1893–1941 Female
1895–1899 Male
1897–1969 Female
1898–1978 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1841–1919 Male
1850–1938 Female
Siblings (7)
1868–1959 Male
1869–1954 Female
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1874–1932 Male
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
Age 1
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 27
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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