Brief Life History of Ewell Edward
When Ewell Edward Smith was born on 2 October 1884, in Missouri, United States, his father, John Clarence Smith, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Alabam Polk, was 21. He married Ida Elizabeth Walker about 1906, in Howell, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and New Hobbs Post Office, Lea, New Mexico, United States for about 1 years. He died on 27 October 1962, in Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Prairie Haven Cemetery, Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Ewell E. Smith, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ewell Edward Smith, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Ewell Edward Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1884–1962 Male
1880–1966 Female
Children (3)
1908–1981 Male
1911–1990 Male
1913–1996 Female
Parents and Siblings
1861–1924 Male
1863–1965 Female
Siblings (7)
1884–1962 Male
1886–1952 Female
1888–1888 Male
1889–1975 Female
1892–1962 Male
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 2
1911
Age 27
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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