Brief Life History of Della
Della Smith was born in 1878, in California, United States. She married Hiram William Bennett on 1 September 1897, in Tehama, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Chico, Butte, California, United States in 1910.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Della Bennett in household of William Bennett, "United States Census, 1910"
- Della Smith, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Della Smith in entry for Arthur Edmund Johnson and Wilda M Klemmer, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1872–1926 Male
1878– Female
Children (3)
1898–1980 Female
1900–1959 Male
1904–1963 Male
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 3
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 13
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 31
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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