Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Smith was born in 1776, in England, her father, James Smith, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Hasely, was 25. She married Richard Coombs on 21 May 1804, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 16 February 1814, in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 38, and was buried in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (8)
- Elizabeth Coombs in entry for Sarah Coombs, "England, Hampshire Bishop's Transcripts 1680-1892"
- Elizabeth Coombes in entry for Sarah Coombes, "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980"
- Elizabeth Coomb, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
Spouse and Children
1772–1861 Male
1776–1814 Female
Children (4)
1805– Female
1806– Female
1813–1817 Male
1814– Female
Parents and Siblings
1747– Male
1751– Female
Siblings (5)
1771–1862 Male
1774– Male
1776–1814 Female
1778–1779 Female
1783– Male
World Events (4)
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
Age 11
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Age 13
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 25
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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