Harvey William Smith

23 December 1881–20 October 1931 (Age 49)
Gilman, Marshall, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Harvey William

When Harvey William Smith was born on 23 December 1881, in Gilman, Marshall, Iowa, United States, his father, Joseph Washington Smith, was 32 and his mother, Ursulina Cramer, was 20. He married Emma Maude Finders on 17 December 1902, in Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Marshall Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Greencastle Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died on 20 October 1931, in Ferguson, Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harvey William Smith
1881–1931
Emma Maude Finders
1885–1962
Marriage: 17 December 1902
Mae Virginia Smith
1904–1993
Harvey Ray Smith
1907–1989
Nellie Pauline Smith
1909–1997
Jerrold William Smith
1913–1964

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 December 1902Marshall, Iowa, United States
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    World Events (8)

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
    Age 1
    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.
    1884 · There is now a Capital Building
    Age 3
    The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 15
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 831783;2007: 1725054; 2010: 2442977)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 .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Smithe
    Smither
    Smithey
    Smyth
    Smythe
    McGowan
    Smead
    Faber

    Sources (27)

    • Harvey Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Harvey William Smith, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
    • Harvey W Smith, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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