Brief Life History of Percy
When Percy Smith was born about 1825, in New York, United States, her father, Stephen Smith, was 33 and her mother, Polly Thornton, was 32. She married Perry Stevens Washburn on 13 February 1843, in Heuvelton, Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 2 July 1873, in Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 49.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Persa Washburn in household of Perry Washburn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Persa or Percy Smith - Published information: death: 2 July 1873; Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States
- Jerry S. Washburn in entry for Geo. Washburn, "Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916"
Spouse and Children
1822–1911 Male
about 1825–1873 Female
Children (9)
1843–1863 Male
1844–1921 Female
1847–1874 Female
1851–1879 Female
1853–1913 Female
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (5)
about 1825 · The Crimes Act
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
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1846
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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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