Amelia Willie Smith

16 August 1841–13 November 1931 (Age 90)
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Amelia Willie

When Amelia Willie Smith was born on 16 August 1841, in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Smith, was 26 and her mother, Amelia Sutton Willie, was 29. She married Frederick John Collier on 9 June 1863, in St George Brandon Hill, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Littleton and Harestock, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Twyford, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 13 November 1931, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 90.

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Family Time Line

Frederick John Collier
1838–1924
Amelia Willie Smith
1841–1931
Marriage: 9 June 1863
Florence Amelia Collier
1864–1949

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World Events (8)

1843
Age 2
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 13
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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 39
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

Name Meaning

(1997: 831783;2007: 1725054; 2010: 2442977)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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Smithe
Smither
Smithey
Smyth
Smythe
McGowan
Smead
Faber

Sources (15)

  • Amelia Willie Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • W in household of John Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Amelia Willie Smith, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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