Brief Life History of Clara Louise
When Clara Louise Smith was born on 22 August 1875, in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Laertis Barnes Smith, was 46 and her mother, Margaret Smyth, was 33. She had at least 4 daughters with Arthur Burt Taylor. She lived in Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1875 and Elyria, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 15 May 1965, in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States, at the age of 89.
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- Clara S Taylor in household of Arthur B Taylor, "United States Census, 1940"
- Clara Louise Smith, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Clara Smith, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn
An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the US Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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