Thomas Joseph Smith

Male16 September 1914–July 1964

Brief Life History of Thomas Joseph

Thomas Joseph Smith was born on 16 September 1914, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Thomas Joseph Smith and Mary Lowry. He died in July 1964, in his hometown, at the age of 49.

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Thomas Joseph Smith
1893–
Mary Lowry
Thomas Joseph Smith
1914–1964
Thomas Joseph Smith
1915–1966

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    World Events (3)

    1918

    Age 4

    WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

    1920 · Cunard War Memorial

    Age 6

    In 1920, the Cunard War Memorial was erected, though it wasn't unveiled until 1921. The memorial was built to commemorate those that worked at the Cunard building who had died during WWI and later in WWII.

    1924

    Age 10

    First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

    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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