Brief Life History of Anne
When Anne Smith was born on 28 July 1760, in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Smith, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Smith, was 26. She married James Rattray on 19 August 1778, in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Anne Smith, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Anne Smith, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Anne Mcdonald in entry for Katharine Rattray, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Spouse and Children
1753– Male
1760– Female
Children (6)
1781– Male
1782– Female
1783– Female
1784–1861 Female
1787– Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1731– Male
1735– Female
Siblings (5)
1757– Male
1759– Male
1760– Female
1762– Male
1764– Female
World Events (6)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 42
1815
Age 55
1822 · Visit of King George IV to Scotland organized by Sir Walter Scott.
Age 62
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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