Brief Life History of Joseph
Joseph Smith was born in 1772, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. He married Elizabeth Fuller about 1793, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died in 1807, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 35.
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Sources (3)
- Joseph Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joseph Smith in entry for Ira F Smith and Unknown, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Joseph Smith in entry for Ira F. Smith and Margaret Whitaker Gooden, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Spouse and Children
1772–1807 Male
1772–1876 Female
Children (7)
1794– Male
1797–1874 Male
1798–1846 Male
1800– Male
1801– Male
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World Events (8)
1773
Age 1
1776
Age 4
1783 · A Free America
Age 11
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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