Brief Life History of Amanda Melvina
When Amanda Melvina Smith was born in 1833, in Franklin, Mississippi, United States, her father, James Allen Smith, was 25 and her mother, Mary Priscilla Allgood, was 25. She married Thomas Jefferson Smith on 21 October 1854, in Meadville, Franklin, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and Loyd Star, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States in 1920. She died in 1920, at the age of 87, and was buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Marengo, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Melvinia Smith in household of N N Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
- Amanda Melvina Smith Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
- Amanda Melvina Smith in entry for Thomas jefferson Smith, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
Spouse and Children
1834–1882 Male
1833–1920 Female
Children (12)
1857–1871 Female
1858–1929 Female
1860–1937 Male
1862–1937 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1808–1880 Male
1808–1866 Female
Siblings (10)
1830–1917 Male
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1833–1920 Female
1836–1913 Male
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World Events (8)
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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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