Brief Life History of Adelaide
When Adelaide Smithson was born on 9 January 1871, in North Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada, her father, William Cross Smithson, was 42 and her mother, Mrs Julia Smithson, was 20. She married George James Dickson on 13 May 1893, in Okanagan Mission, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Okanagan Mission, British Columbia, Canada in 1891 and Yale County, British Columbia, Canada in 1911. She died on 22 March 1921, in Canada, at the age of 50, and was buried in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Adaline Smithson in household of Julia Smithson, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Adelaide Smithson, "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938"
- Adelaide Smithson Morrison, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): from Middle English smith ‘smith’ + -son, for a son of a smith.
Irish (Dublin) and Scottish: in Scotland and Ireland, sometimes adopted for Mac Gobhann, Mac a'ghobhainn ‘son of the smith’ (see McGowan ).
History: The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC was founded (1846) with a bequest from the English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (1765–1829). He was born James Lewes Macie, the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson Percy, Duke of Northumberland. His mother, Elizabeth Macie, a widow, was a direct descendant of Henry VIII; through her family James Smithson inherited a fortune.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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