Brief Life History of Richard Blackwell
When Richard Blackwell Smith was born on 23 January 1916, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, his father, Walter Augustus Smith Sr., was 29 and his mother, Mattie Sue Robertson, was 28. He lived in District 7, Montgomery, Maryland, United States in 1940 and Wheaton, Montgomery, Maryland, United States in 1950. He died on 6 June 1981, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Richard Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
- Richard B Smith, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Richard B Smith, "United States 1950 Census"
Parents and Siblings
1886–1945 Male
1887–1969 Female
Siblings (6)
1910–1995 Female
1913–2002 Male
1915–2001 Male
1916–1981 Male
1919–1945 Female
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World Events (8)
1917
Age 1
1923 · First Presidential Radio Broadcast
Age 7
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 19
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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