Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Smith was born in 1863, in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Smith, was 42 and her mother, Charlotte Byles, was 37. She married Nelson Smith in 1884, in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England in 1881 and Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died on 17 February 1924, in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 61.
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- Charlotte Smith in household of William Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Charlotte Smith in household of William Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Charlotte Smith in household of Nelson Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876
Historical Boundaries 1876: Owyhee, Idaho Territory, United States 1879: Cassia, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Cassia, Idaho, United States
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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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