Douglas Willie Smith

Maleabout January 1881–7 March 1935

Brief Life History of Douglas Willie

When Douglas Willie Smith was born about January 1881, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, his father, Willie Smith, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Willett Pring, was 35. He married Ruth Marian Grimshaw in 1907, in West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 7 March 1935, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

Douglas Willie Smith
1881–1935
Ruth Marian Grimshaw
1884–
Marriage: 1907
Joan Miriam Smith
1908–

Sources (13)

  • Douglas Willie Smith in household of Willie Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Douglas Willie Smith, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
  • Douglas Willie Smith, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1907West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (7)

    1884

    Age 3

    Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

    1904 · The Entente Cordiale

    Age 23

    The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

    1908

    Age 27

    London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    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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