Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Smith was born in October 1852, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, her father, David William Smith, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Margaret Eads, was 24. She married Andrew J Holcomb on 7 October 1875, in Summers, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 24 September 1938, in Scarbro, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia, United States.
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Sources (34)
- Isabella Smith in household of William Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Isabelle Smith in entry for William A Holcomb and Esther M Bingaman, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Isabell Smith in entry for Claiborne Manning Holcomb, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
Spouse and Children
1852–1928 Male
1852–1938 Female
Children (7)
1876–1937 Male
1881–1968 Male
1892–1987 Female
1894–1927 Female
1894–1937 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1829–1870 Male
1828–1870 Female
Siblings (8)
1844– Female
1850–1904 Female
1852–1938 Female
1854–1924 Male
1855–1935 Female
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 11
1863
Age 11
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 23
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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