Sarah Ann Smith

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Smith was born on 27 June 1844, in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Isaac Smith, was 26 and her mother, Ann Hart, was 20. She married William Mathews on 24 December 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Hackberry, Mohave, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Delta, Millard, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 22 September 1931, in Moapa, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Logandale Cemetery, Logandale, Clark, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Mathews
1808–1888
Sarah Ann Smith
1844–1931
Marriage: 24 December 1868
Grace Eloise Mathews
1872–1884
Eleanor Ann Mathews
1874–1962
Emanuel Mathews
1877–1878
Isaac Smith Mathews
1879–1880
Amy Mathews
1882–1964
Esther Mathews
1885–1946

Sources (16)

  • Mrs. S. A. Mathews, "United States, Census, 1900"
  • Sarah Anne Smith, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Sarah Ann Smith Mathews, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Historical Boundaries: 1865: Pah-Ute, Arizona Territory, United States 1867: Lincoln, Nevada, United States 1909: Clark, Nevada, United States

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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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