Brief Life History of Ansel I
When Ansel I Smithers was born on 3 January 1863, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel J Smithers, was 29 and his mother, Mary Marcy Blankenship, was 29. He married Nellie Eva in 1885. He lived in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States in 1935 and National Township, San Diego, California, United States in 1940. He died on 24 February 1933, at the age of 70, and was buried in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Ancil J Smithers, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ira Ansel Smithers - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Ira Ansel Smithers
- Ansil Smithers, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1867
Nebraska is the 37th state.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English:
variant of Smither with Middle English genitival -s, denoting either a relative or servant of a smith, or someone who lived or worked at a smith's house or forge. This surname is established in Ireland.
variant of Smither , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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