Lucy Dianne Smith

Brief Life History of Lucy Dianne

When Lucy Dianne Smith was born on 5 May 1885, in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Henry Moore Smith, was 33 and her mother, Alvaretta Taylor, was 32. She married Joseph Henry Langille on 28 August 1907, in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She lived in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. She died on 8 August 1975, in Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 90, and was buried in Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Henry Langille
1884–1941
Lucy Dianne Smith
1885–1975
Marriage: 28 August 1907
Ada Myrtle Langille
1907–2000
Ellen Eileen Langille
1915–1985
Kathleen Clara Langille
1908–2006
Vernon Smith Langille
1910–1959
Luceel Jane Langille
1917–2006
Josephine Agnes Langille
1920–2002
Ruby Margaret Langille
1924–
Dorothy Langille
1925–

Sources (14)

  • Lucy Langille in household of Joseph Langille, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • Lucy Dianna Smith, "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904"
  • Lucy Smith, "Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949"

World Events (4)

1909 · First Canadian Flight

The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.

1921 · Racing Schooner Launched

The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.

1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed

On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.

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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