Austin Smith

Brief Life History of Austin

When Austin Smith was born on 9 October 1850, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States, his father, Hiram Smith, was 45 and his mother, Naomi Dillion, was 36. He died on 3 October 1854, at the age of 3.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Smith
1805–1858
Naomi Dillion
1813–1890
Levi Smith
1833–1878
Hannah Smith
1835–1898
James Dillon Smith
1836–1891
Luke Smith
1838–1906
Charity Smith
1841–1842
William Henderson Smith
1843–1910
Abigail Smith
1845–1921
Reuben Smith
1849–1924
Austin Smith
1850–1854
Oliver Smith
1854–1933
Henry Carey Smith
1857–1926

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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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