Brief Life History of Winifred Ruth
When Winifred Ruth Smith was born in September 1881, in Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, her father, Henry W Smith, was 27 and her mother, Eva Roslyn Ladd, was 28. She married Noah Francis Fayette on 18 September 1901, in Franklin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1964, at the age of 83.
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Sources (25)
- Winifred R Flagg, "United States 1950 Census"
- Winifred Ruth Smith, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
- Winifred Flagg in household of Elgin Flagg, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1886–1959 Male
1881–1964 Female
Children (2)
1912–1992 Female
1914–1999 Male
Parents and Siblings
1854–1935 Male
1853–1911 Female
Siblings (4)
1875–1965 Male
1876– Male
1881–1964 Female
1892–1975 Female
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1885 · The First Skyscraper
Age 4
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 22
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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