Brief Life History of Mary Augusta
When Mary Augusta Smith was born about 1836, in Nafferton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Greenwood Smith, was 24 and her mother, Augusta Hind, was 24. She married Thomas Craig on 5 November 1854, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 5 June 1908, in Kingston, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 73, and was buried in Creswick, Victoria, Australia.
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- Mary Smith in household of John Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Augusta Smith Craig, "Find A Grave Index"
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about 1836
The District of Port Phillip was formally established as an administrative division within the Colony of New South Wales in September.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
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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