Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Smith was born on 8 March 1824, in Linden, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Benjamin H Smith, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Merrill, was 31. He married Carolyn Ann Lowther on 24 March 1848, in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1881 and Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1901. He died on 10 February 1903, in Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- John Smith, "Canada Census, 1871"
- John Smith, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"
- John, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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