Brief Life History of Carlton Wilbor
When Carlton Wilbor Smith was born on 9 February 1889, in Oshkosh Town, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Arthur Charles Smith, was 39 and his mother, Martha Wilbor, was 26. He married Jeanette Hawes on 4 October 1913, in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Van Buren Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Oakwood, Oakwood, Montgomery, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 8 December 1973, in Oakwood, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
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- Carlton W Smith, "United States 1950 Census"
- Carlton W Smith, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
- Carlton Wilbor Smith, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1892 · The Masonic Temple Building
The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
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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