Brief Life History of Selah Teresa
When Selah Teresa Smith was born on 22 March 1917, in Richmond Hill, York, Ontario, Canada, her father, Jeremiah Smith, was 43 and her mother, Effie May Hollingshead, was 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- 1921 Census of Canada for Bartlett Smith
Parents and Siblings
1873–1953 Male
1879– Female
Siblings (13)
1901–1956 Female
1903–1956 Female
1904– Female
1905–1994 Female
1906–1982 Female
+8 More Children
World Events (3)
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Age 17
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
Age 26
1982
Age 65
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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