Joseph L Smallman

Brief Life History of Joseph L

When Joseph L Smallman was born in 1857, in Oregon, United States, his father, Sampson Smallman, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Crabtree, was 30. He died on 18 August 1858, in his hometown, at the age of 1.

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Family Time Line

Sampson Smallman
1820–1862
Margaret Crabtree
1827–1859
Thurston Smallman
1844–1856
John Smallmon
1850–1934
Elizabeth Smallman
1854–1872
Mary Smallman
1856–1856
Joseph L Smallman
1857–1858

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    Name Meaning

    English:

    nickname for a small or skinny person, from Middle English smal ‘small, narrow’ + -man.

    status name from Middle English smal(e)man, apparently a feudal term denoting an order of medieval peasantry. The term is evidenced in the phrase de Tainis et Dreinis et Smalemannis (‘of thanes and drengs and smallmen’) which occurs in 1130 in relation to Durham.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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