Stephen Smith
about 1813– (Age NaN)
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Stephen
Stephen Smith was born about 1813, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Stephen Smith and Ann. He married Hannah Susannah Pack on 21 July 1839, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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Family Time Line
Stephen Smith
1813–
Hannah Susannah Pack
1817–1844
Spouse and Children
1813–Male
1817–1844Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (3)
1815
Age 2
1815
Age 2
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Age 10
1823
Age 10
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 20
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 20
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
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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Sources (7)
- Stepen Smith in household of Thomas Pack, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Stephen Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Stephen Smith, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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