Brief Life History of Emma Gertrude
When Emma Gertrude Smith was born on 21 April 1881, in Hoopeston, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel David Smith, was 26 and her mother, Anna Elizabeth Wolf, was 29. She married James Irving Cronkhite on 17 February 1904. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Grant Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. She died on 26 December 1968, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, Illinois, United States.
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- Emma G Cronkhite in household of James Irving Cronkhite, "United States Census, 1940"
- Emma Gertrude Smith Cronkhite, "Find A Grave Index"
- Gertrude Smith in household of S D Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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