Brief Life History of Alfred Gunn
When Alfred Gunn Smith was born on 22 December 1828, in Vermont, United States, his father, Jonathan Delano Smith, was 33 and his mother, Sophia Goff, was 28. He married Laura Sophia Esty on 20 March 1854, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States in 1860 and Clay Center, Clay, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 30 December 1899, in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Alfred Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alfred G Smith, "BillionGraves Index"
- Alfred Smith, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Spouse and Children
1828–1899 Male
1836–1903 Female
Children (4)
1855–1875 Female
1860–1911 Male
1865–1894 Female
1868–1942 Female
Parents and Siblings
1795–1848 Male
1800–1884 Female
Siblings (3)
1820–1892 Female
1828–1899 Male
1829– Female
World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 2
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
Age 6
1862
Age 34
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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