Lloyd William Smith

Brief Life History of Lloyd William

When Lloyd William Smith was born on 1 August 1893, in West Point, Prince Edward Island, Canada, his father, Issac Smith, was 49 and his mother, Phoebe Amelia Ladner, was 34. He married Effie A MacKenzie on 19 February 1917, in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1901. He died on 12 July 1981, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lloyd William Smith
1893–1981
Effie A MacKenzie
1895–1989
Marriage: 19 February 1917
Mary Smith
1917–1995
Anne Elizabeth Smith
1918–
Frederick Ladner Smith
1920–2012
Lloyd William Smith Jr
1922–
Donald Smith
1924–
Kathryn Smith
1929–2006
Dorothy Smith
1931–2003

Sources (20)

  • Lloyd W Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lloyd William Smith, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • William Lloyd Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

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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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