Brief Life History of Macy
When Macy Smith was born on 26 December 1838, in Anson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Smith, was 25 and her mother, Winford Ratliff, was 22. She married Robert Alexander Floyd on 9 October 1853. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Beat 4, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. She died on 1 July 1917, in Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Myrtle Cemetery, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States.
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- Macy Enos in household of Samuel V Enos, "United States Census, 1870"
- Macy Floyd, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Macy Floyd, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Ellis, Texas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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