Brief Life History of Benjamin Rosenkrans
Benjamin Rosenkrans Smith was born in 1852, in Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Frederick Smith and Katherine Probasco. He lived in Newton Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 January 1933, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Benjamin R Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
- Benjamin Rosenkrans Smith, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Benjamin Rosenkrans Smith in entry for Susan Ophelia Smith, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
Spouse and Children
1852–1933 Male
1852–1933 Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
Age 5
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 11
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 25
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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