Brief Life History of Matthew Sebastian
When Matthew Sebastian Smith was born in 1796, in England, United Kingdom, his father, Mr Smith, was 31 and his mother, Mrs Smith, was 30. He married Ann Larder on 15 November 1813, in Horsington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Howard, Renfrew, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died after 1871, in Howard, Kent, Ontario, Canada.
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- Mathew Smith, "Ontario Census, 1861"
- Matthew Smith, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Matthew Smith in entry for George Smith, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
Spouse and Children
1796–1871 Male
1793–1865 Female
Children (8)
1814–1889 Male
1816–1869 Male
1819–1822 Female
1821– Male
1825– Female
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (7)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 5
1815
Age 19
1823
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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