Brief Life History of Abner Weston
When Abner Weston Smith was born on 10 June 1857, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Bradford Smith, was 36 and his mother, Lucia Wells Weston, was 29. He married Jennie Elizabeth Stewart on 11 July 1889, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in New York City, New York, United States in 1920 and Bronxville, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, United States in 1930. He died from 1930 to 1940, in Westchester, New York, United States.
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Sources (17)
- A Weston Smith in household of Lucie A Weed, "United States Census, 1910"
- A Weston Smith, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Weston Smith in entry for Lucia Smith, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
Spouse and Children
1857–1940 Male
1867–1959 Female
Children (2)
1893–1974 Female
1898– Male
Parents and Siblings
1820–1906 Male
1827–1867 Female
Siblings (5)
1855–1855 Female
1857–1940 Male
1859–1867 Female
1863–1929 Male
1865–1924 Male
World Events (8)
1863
Age 6
1868 · The Railroad Refrigerator Car
Age 11
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 24
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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