Brief Life History of Margaret Ann
When Margaret Ann Smith was born on 29 June 1853, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Henry Smith, was 25 and her mother, Ruth Humes Leince, was 25. She married John Beauchamp about 1870, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 29 April 1875, at the age of 21.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Ann Smith - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Margaret Ann Smith
Spouse and Children
1931–1863 Male
1853–about 1875 Female
Children (1)
about 1875– Male
Parents and Siblings
1828–1857 Male
1828–1859 Female
Siblings (1)
1853–about 1875 Female
World Events (6)
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
Age 9
1863
Age 10
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 13
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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