Brief Life History of George Arthur
When George Arthur Smith was born on 4 March 1893, in Randall, Morrison, Minnesota, United States, his father, Perry Alonzo Smith, was 38 and his mother, Malinda Caroline Brooks, was 26. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1913 and lived in Agram Township, Morrison, Minnesota, United States in 1900 and Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1918.
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- George O Smith in household of Perry Smith, "Canada Census, 1911"
- George Arthur Smith, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- George A Smith, "Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925"
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1895
Historical Boundaries 1895: Sweet Grass, Montana, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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