Edna Smithson

Brief Life History of Edna

When Edna Smithson was born in November 1813, in Ohio, United States, her father, Tyre Smithson, was 30 and her mother, Secelia Murrell, was 23. She married Isaac Moon on 6 December 1832, in Clinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Clinton, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died in 1902, at the age of 89, and was buried in Martinsville, Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Moon
1808–1857
Edna Smithson
1813–1902
Marriage: 6 December 1832
Mary Ann Moon
1833–1915
John Wesley Moon
1835–1923
Wyatt C Moon
1838–1913
Martha Emily Moon
1846–1917
Mary Alice Moon
1852–1944

Sources (13)

  • Edna Moone, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Edna Smithson, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Edna Smithson in entry for Martha Emily Hockett, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

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Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): from Middle English smith ‘smith’ + -son, for a son of a smith.

Irish (Dublin) and Scottish: in Scotland and Ireland, sometimes adopted for Mac Gobhann, Mac a'ghobhainn ‘son of the smith’ (see McGowan ).

History: The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC was founded (1846) with a bequest from the English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (1765–1829). He was born James Lewes Macie, the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson Percy, Duke of Northumberland. His mother, Elizabeth Macie, a widow, was a direct descendant of Henry VIII; through her family James Smithson inherited a fortune.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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