Brief Life History of Couch
When Couch Smith was born on 29 January 1880, in Smithville, Clay, Missouri, United States, his father, Erastus Smith, was 38 and his mother, Mary E. Berry, was 34. He married Margaret Briddelle Caldwell on 19 June 1907, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 27 November 1958, at the age of 78, and was buried in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Couch Smith in household of Erastus Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
- Couch Smith, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Couch Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1880–1958 Male
1883–1974 Female
Children (6)
1907–1978 Male
1909–1992 Female
1912–1981 Female
1916–2007 Female
1917–1984 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1841–1923 Male
1845–1928 Female
Siblings (10)
1864–1865 Male
1867–1873 Female
1869–1869 Male
1869–1870 Male
1873–1954 Male
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 2
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
Age 21
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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