Brief Life History of Ernest Henry
Ernest Henry Smith was born on 9 March 1867, in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of William Smith and Unknown. He married Mary Elizabeth Skeels on 1 June 1891, in Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Claybanks Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and White River Township, Muskegon, Michigan, United States in 1920. He died on 5 January 1944, in Montague, Muskegon, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Montague, Muskegon, Michigan, United States.
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- Ernest H Sims, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ernest H. Smith, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Ernest Harry Smith, "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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1867–1944 Male
1868–1947 Female
Children (7)
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1895–1988 Male
1897–1981 Female
1899–1952 Male
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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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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