Brief Life History of Lavousier Lawrence
When Lavousier Lawrence Smith was born on 8 April 1907, in Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi, United States, his father, Pedro Zeno Quevedor Smith, was 37 and his mother, Henrietta Pittman, was 25. He married Ruby Lee Heinecke on 2 October 1930, in Fort Bend Land District, Texas, United States. He lived in Beat 4, Copiah, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died about 1990, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 84.
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Sources (6)
- Lawrence L Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lavousier Lawrence Smith - Individual or family possessions: birth: 8 April 1907; Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi, United States
- Laurence L Smith, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
Spouse and Children
1907–about 1990 Male
1911–2008 Female
Parents and Siblings
1870–1940 Male
1881–1919 Female
Siblings (8)
1907–about 1990 Male
1908–1993 Female
1910–1980 Female
1912–1962 Male
1914–1918 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 1
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Age 7
1929
Age 22
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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