Brief Life History of Elnora
When Elnora Smith was born on 30 January 1871, in Carryall Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States, her father, William Riley Smith, was 30 and her mother, Lydia Bunn, was 34. She married William Franklin Wentworth on 23 September 1890, in Antwerp, Paulding, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Putnam, Ohio, United States in 1871. She died on 4 December 1917, in Paulding, Ohio, United States, at the age of 46.
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- Elnora Wentworth in household of William Wentworth, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elenor Smith, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Nora Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
Spouse and Children
1862–1935 Male
1871–1917 Female
Children (4)
1892–1981 Female
1893–1974 Male
1903–1993 Female
1906–1966 Male
Parents and Siblings
1841–1896 Male
1836–1904 Female
Siblings (7)
1862–1934 Female
1863–1943 Female
1865–1916 Male
1868–1938 Female
1871–1917 Female
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 1
1872 · The Amnesty Act
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1886
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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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