Brief Life History of Eva
When Eva Smith was born on 25 February 1891, in Louisiana, United States, her father, Charles William Smith, was 23 and her mother, Leona Matthews, was 22. She had at least 1 son with Charles P. Stuart. She lived in United States in 1949 and Red River, Louisiana, United States in 1950. She died on 23 August 1982, in Gahagan, Red River, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, De Soto, Louisiana, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Eva Stuart, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eva Smith - Government record: birth-name: Eva Smith
- Eva Stuart, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1890–1974 Male
1891–1982 Female
Children (1)
1919–2013 Male
Parents and Siblings
1868–1960 Male
1868–1938 Female
Siblings (5)
1891–1982 Female
1892–1946 Male
1897–1989 Female
1898–1985 Female
1901–1927 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 7
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 25
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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