Frederick Milton Smith

Brief Life History of Frederick Milton

When Frederick Milton Smith was born on 17 February 1923, in Hoosick Falls, Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, George R Smith, was 37 and his mother, Margory H. Stillson, was 36. He married Elise Bessie King about December 1953, in Miami-Dade, Florida, United States. He lived in Miami, Dade, Florida, United States for about 5 years and Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States in 1950. He died on 25 October 1993, in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Crestlawn Cemetery, Vero Beach, Indian River, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Milton Smith
1923–1993
Elise Bessie King
1936–1957
Marriage: about December 1953

Sources (6)

  • Fredick Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frederick Milton Smith, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Fred M Smith, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1930

Oldest grave seen in the memorial list.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

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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