Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Smith was born on 1 December 1845, in Hancock, Washington, Maryland, United States, her father, Henry Smith, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Ann Smith, was 25. She married Joseph D. Crawford on 28 November 1869, in Clearville, Monroe Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Mann Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and West Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 February 1930, in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Matilda Smith in household of Henry Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Tilitha Smith Crawford, "Find A Grave Index"
- Tilitha Smith in entry for Jack Layton and Anna Karns, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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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