Brief Life History of William Dougall
When William Dougall Smith was born on 12 June 1877, in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, William Dougall Smith, was 48 and his mother, Margaret McQueen Irving, was 29. He married Lucy Levinia Hunter in 1915, in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He lived in Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America for about 10 years and Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1915. He died on 6 June 1958, in Lyon Brook, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Seaview Cemetery, Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- William D Smith in household of William D Smith, "Canada Census, 1901"
- William D Smith, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932"
- William D Smith, "Recensement du Canada de 1911"
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World Events (4)
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
1921 · Racing Schooner Launched
The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.
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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