Rebecca Faith Larder Smith
1829–
Howard, Kent, Ontario, Canada
The Life of Rebecca Faith Larder
When Rebecca Faith Larder Smith was born in 1829, her father, Matthew Sebastian Smith, was 33 and her mother, Ann Larder, was 36.
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Family Time Line
Matthew Sebastian Smith
1796–1871
Ann Larder
1793–1865
David Rexton Smith
1814–1889
Thomas Smith
1816–1869
Mary Larder Smith
1819–1822
James Smith
1821–
Frances Smith
1825–
George Edmund Smith
1827–1894
Rebecca Faith Larder Smith
1829–
Isabelle Aimee Larder Smith
1830–
Parents and Siblings
1796–1871Male
1793–1865Female
siblings
(8)
David Rexton Smith
1814–1889Male
Thomas Smith
1816–1869Male
1819–1822Female
1821–Male
1825–Female
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps 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 the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Smith - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Rebecca Smith
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