Brief Life History of Harrison Lee
When Harrison Lee Smith was born on 21 October 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Wilford Fowles Smith, was 26 and his mother, Louisa Preece, was 24. He lived in Vernal Utah Temple, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 30 years. He died on 21 May 1967, in Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 78.
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Sources (9)
- Harrison L Smith in household of Wilford F Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
- Harry Lee Smith, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harrison Lee Smith - Individual or family possessions: death: 21 May 1967; Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, United States
Parents and Siblings
1862–1946 Male
1864–1948 Female
Siblings (7)
1886–1960 Male
1888–1967 Male
1891–1891 Female
1892–1960 Female
1896–1984 Male
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 2
1896 · Utah becomes a state
Age 8
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 21
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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