Brief Life History of Christian Holger
When Christian Holger Smith was born on 1 April 1883, in Århus, Denmark, his father, Sømand Ernst Frederik Nicolai Bagger Schmidt, was 19 and his mother, Theodora Margrethe Agnes Bohne, was 25. He married Louise E. King on 10 October 1906, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1905 and lived in Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1920 and Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 November 1953, at the age of 70.
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- Christian Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
- Christian Smith in entry for Unknown, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Christian H Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1898 · Sinking of USS Maine
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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