Brief Life History of Harry Alben
When Harry Alben Smith, Sr. was born on 20 August 1888, in Pocono Lake, Tobyhanna Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Smith, was 25 and his mother, Mary Kalembach, was 20. He married Edna Martha Warner on 12 December 1912, in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Paradise Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 27 February 1932, in Mount Pocono, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Swiftwater, Pocono Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Harry Smith in household of William Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
- Harry A Smith, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Harry Alben Smith Sr, "Find A Grave Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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