Brief Life History of James Clyde
When James Clyde Smith was born on 14 December 1909, in Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina, United States, his father, Elisha Brown Smith, was 28 and his mother, Minnie Frances Davis, was 27. He married Sallie Purvis on 12 June 1932, in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Court House Township, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 May 1980, in Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, United States.
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- James C Smith in household of Brown E Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
- Clyde Smith, "South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951"
- James Clyde Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1933–1999 Female
1949–2018 Male
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1882–1953 Female
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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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