Brief Life History of Roberta Helen
Roberta Helen Smith was born on 27 October 1912 as the daughter of Glenn C Smith and Eva E Fulton. She had at least 2 sons with Olan C Worley. She lived in Election Precinct 1 Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States in 1940. She died on 18 February 1981, at the age of 68, and was buried in Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States.
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- Roberta Wosby in household of Olan Worley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Roberta Worley, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Roberta Worley in entry for Olan C Worley, "New Mexico, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1923 · Oil is Discovered on the Navajo Reservation
Oil was discovered on the Navajo Reservation in the 1920's. The Navajos did not want to lease any of the land towards the exploration for oil and gas. They were soon made a deal that they would be hired for all unskilled work if they would lease the land and, reluctantly, they gave in. Albert Fall, a Senator from New Mexico and was extremely hostile towards Indian rights.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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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