When Charlotte Abel Smith was born on 24 November 1839, in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Smith, was 20 and her mother, Elizabeth Abel, was 23. She married John Howe on 27 September 1865, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 October 1904, in Allegheny Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Highwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesCharlotte Able Smith Census: 1870 Charlotte Howe, age 32, wife of John age 33, carpenter, b. England, 2 children Anna, 4, b. England and George 0, b. Penn. …
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