Clarence Smith

Brief Life History of Clarence

When Clarence Smith was born on 12 September 1882, in Colfax, McLean, Illinois, United States, his father, Stephen East Smith Sr, was 31 and his mother, Amelia Wiley, was 27. He died on 12 November 1882, in his hometown, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

Stephen East Smith Sr
1851–1917
Amelia Wiley
1855–1924
Iona Smith
1874–
Pearl Elizabeth Smith
1874–1936
Lillie Smith
1875–
0mer William Smith
1877–1951
Orval Spencer Smith
1879–1959
Clarence Smith
1882–1882
John Douglas Smith
1884–1968
Mark Anderson Smith
1886–1966
Elizabeth May Smith
1888–1969
Nancy S. Smith
1891–1891
Stephen East Smith Jr
1893–1978
William Rose Smith
1895–1971
George M. Smith
1897–1901

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Clarence Smith - birth: 12 September 1882; Colfax, McLean, Illinois, United States

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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