Brief Life History of Sarah Florence
When Sarah Florence Smith was born on 1 February 1852, in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Bernajah Burnett Smith, was 31 and her mother, Delilah Hiler, was 26. She married Nephi Tarbet on 16 November 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Rockaway Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States in 1860 and Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 8 January 1878, in Benson, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Florence Smith in entry for Kate Hendricks, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Florence Smith in household of George Merrill, "United States Census, 1870"
- Florence Smith in entry for Florence Tarbett Rees, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
Spouse and Children
1843–1901 Male
1852–1878 Female
Children (4)
1872–1947 Male
1873–1935 Female
1875–1936 Female
1878–1881 Female
Parents and Siblings
1821–1878 Male
1825–1867 Female
Siblings (13)
1843–1863 Male
1845–1903 Female
1847– Male
1848–1871 Female
1852–1878 Female
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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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