Luke Harrison Smith

10 February 1826–6 September 1864 (Age 38)
Canada

The Life Summary of Luke Harrison

When Luke Harrison Smith was born on 10 February 1826, in Canada, his father, William Benjamin Smith, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Jessie Harrison, was 27. He married Roselyn Brown on 26 October 1851, in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 6 September 1864, at the age of 38.

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Luke Harrison Smith
1826–1864
Roselyn Brown
1828–1864
Marriage: 26 October 1851

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  • Marriage
    26 October 1851Nova Scotia, Canada

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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.

    Possible Related Names

    Smithe
    Smither
    Smithey
    Smyth
    Smythe
    McGowan
    Smead
    Faber

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