When Henry Smith was born on 27 September 1799, in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, British North America, his father, John L. Smith, was 43 and his mother, Jane Chapman, was 40. He married Mary Ann Brannon on 19 March 1818, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871. He died on 17 December 1876, in Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Shinimicas Cemetery, Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
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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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