Brief Life History of Mabel
When Mabel Smith was born on 4 August 1880, her father, John Smith, was 26 and her mother, Rebecca Gardiner, was 25. She married George William Tisdell on 18 February 1903. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1933, in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 53.
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Spouse and Children
1879–1960 Male
1880–1933 Female
Children (6)
1904–1983 Male
1907–1970 Male
1907–1982 Male
1911–1996 Female
1913– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1854–1933 Male
1855–1935 Female
Siblings (11)
1876–1953 Male
1877–1952 Female
1878– Female
1880–1933 Female
1883–1940 Male
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World Events (5)
1892
Age 12
1901
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1901
Age 21
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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