Brief Life History of Emily Ann H.
When Emily Ann H. Smith was born on 13 February 1819, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Henry Smith, was 19 and her mother, Mary Ann Brannon, was 20. She married Thomas Benjamin Smith about 1845, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1881. She died on 19 July 1903, in Northport, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 84, and was buried in Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Emily A Smith in household of Thomas Smith, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Emily Ann H. Smith, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emily Ann H. Smith - death: 19 July 1903; Northport, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
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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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