Brief Life History of George
When George Smith was born on 28 February 1802, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Smith, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Seymour, was 34. He married Sarah Harris on 10 July 1831, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 10 November 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- George Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Birth/Chr, son, Charles Argall Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Marriage, son, George Smith and Elizabeth Williams, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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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