Brief Life History of Oscar L
When Oscar L Smith was born on 21 August 1903, in Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph H Smith, was 42 and his mother, Ida Elizabeth Ertzberger, was 24. He died on 12 July 1904, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States.
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- Oscar L. Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1861–1910 Male
1879–1961 Female
Siblings (11)
1886– Male
1888– Female
1892–1963 Female
1892– Female
1893–1965 Male
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World Events (1)
1904
Age 1
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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