Richard Blackwell Smith

Male23 January 1916–6 June 1981

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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Family Time Line

Walter Augustus Smith Sr.
1886–1945
Mattie Sue Robertson
1887–1969
Lilly Vaughn Smith
1910–1995
Claude R Smith
1913–2002
Walter Augustus Smith Jr.
1915–2001
Richard Blackwell Smith
1916–1981
Vivian Gray Smith
1919–1945
William Wesley Smith
1924–1998

Sources (10)

  • Richard Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Richard B Smith, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Richard B Smith, "United States 1950 Census"

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1917

Age 1

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1923 · First Presidential Radio Broadcast

Age 7

"On December 6, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast. It was covered by 42 stations and became known as the ""State of the Union"" address."

1935 · The FBI is Established

Age 19

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

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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