Brief Life History of Robert Bruce
When Robert Bruce Smith was born on 18 September 1854, in New Castle, Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, his father, Henry Smith, was 49 and his mother, Sarah Albin, was 47. He married Anna Laura White on 8 August 1884, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Columbus, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States for about 40 years. He died on 20 March 1944, in New Castle, Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in New Castle, Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States.
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- Robert Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Bruce Smith - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Robert Bruce Smith
- Robert B Smith, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1854–1944 Male
1862–1931 Female
Children (5)
0189– Female
1886–1965 Female
1888– Male
1893– Female
1897– Female
Parents and Siblings
1804–1870 Male
1807–1896 Female
Siblings (10)
1827–1887 Male
1829–1909 Female
1830–1891 Female
1831–1882 Female
1833–1895 Male
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World Events (8)
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
Age 2
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 27
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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