Desmond Bruce Smith (1932–2002) • FamilySearch

Desmond Bruce Smith

10 August 1932–3 March 2002 (Age 69)
Wellington, New Zealand

The Life of Desmond Bruce

When Desmond Bruce Smith was born on 10 August 1932, his father, Angus Otto Hans Smith, was 38 and his mother, Alice Margaret Weston, was 44. He married Shirley Mary Bailey on 19 October 1957, in Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand. He died on 3 March 2002, at the age of 69.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Desmond Bruce Smith

1932–2002

Shirley Mary Bailey

1932–1998

Marriage: 19 October 1957

Spouse and Children

Desmond Bruce Smith

Male1932–2002Male

Shirley Mary Bailey

Female1932–1998Female

MARRIAGE
19 October 1957
Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand

Parents and Siblings

Angus Otto Hans Smith

Male1894–1963Male

Alice Margaret Weston

Female1888–1970Female

siblings

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Desmond Bruce Smith

Male1932–2002Male

Name Meaning

Smith

Desmond

Bruce

English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps 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 the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).

Possible Related Names

Blacksmith

Gowan

Nesmith

Smithe

Smithson

Smyth

Smythe

Sources (3)

Desmond B Smith in entry for Shirley Mary Smith, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
Desmond Bruce Smith, "BillionGraves Index"
Legacy NFS Source: Desmond Bruce Smith - Individual or family possessions: burial: 6 March 2002; Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

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