Brief Life History of Durell Delmar
When Durell Delmar Smith was born on 12 March 1921, in Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States, his father, Frank Ely Smith, was 23 and his mother, Hassell Elizabeth Clayton, was 19. He had at least 1 daughter with Lola Alice McNamer. He lived in Elm Grove Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Henry Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 10 June 2003, in Perkins, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Payne, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Durell D Smith in household of Frank E Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
- Durell Delmar Smith, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Durell D Smith, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
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1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1943 · Oklahoma is Home to Thousands of POW's
Oklahoma was home to 22,000 German and Italian prisoners of war. The prisoners were sent to work on farms and ranches to continue the production work as many American men were off at war.
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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