Brief Life History of Jane Pauline
When Jane Pauline Smith was born on 29 December 1861, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, John Travis Smith, was 39 and her mother, Paulina Maud Cannon, was 31. She married Alonzo Alfonzo Pemberton on 5 July 1890, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Albert, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901. She died on 18 April 1903, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 41.
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Sources (8)
- Jennie L Pemberton in household of Alonzo A Pemberton, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Jennie P Smith, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Jennie P in entry for Pemberton, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
Spouse and Children
1855–1930 Male
1861–1903 Female
Children (2)
1891– Male
1893–1945 Male
Parents and Siblings
1822–1891 Male
1830–1909 Female
Siblings (9)
1852–1864 Female
1854–1855 Male
1855–1915 Female
1856–1915 Male
1860– Female
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World Events (4)
1867 · British North America Act
Age 6
1869
Age 8
1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire
Age 19
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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