Brief Life History of Frank Lorenzo
When Frank Lorenzo Smith was born on 27 May 1860, in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Lorenzo Hezekiah Smith, was 42 and his mother, Angeline Cesty Houghton, was 41. He married Carrie Armstrong in 1887, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States. He lived in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 May 1930, in Norwood, Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 69.
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- Frank L Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
- Frank L Smith, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Frank Smith in household of Lorenzo Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1860–1930 Male
1863–1923 Female
Parents and Siblings
1817–1902 Male
1818–1880 Female
Siblings (6)
1850–1940 Female
1853–1940 Female
1855–1933 Female
1857–1946 Female
1860–1930 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 3
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 3
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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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