Brief Life History of Amos R
When Amos R Smith was born on 12 September 1924, his father, James Franklin Smith, was 30 and his mother, Minnie Hazel Leas, was 24. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Ruby Joyce Lovesee. He lived in Ottawa, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Narcissa Township, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 19 January 1986, in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 61.
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- Amos Smith in household of Frank Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
- Amos Smith, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Amos Smith, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936"
Spouse and Children
1924–1986 Male
1929–2023 Female
Children (2)
1946–1989 Male
1950–2019 Female
Parents and Siblings
1894–1965 Male
1900–1973 Female
Siblings (7)
1920– Male
1922–2006 Female
1924–1986 Male
1927– Male
1930–1995 Female
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World Events (8)
1927
Age 3
1929
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1941
Age 17
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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