Brief Life History of Matilda A.
Matilda A. Smith was born on 9 March 1859, in Warsaw, Benton, Missouri, United States as the daughter of John Smith and Minerva Bocholman. She married Samuel George Gentry on 8 September 1874, in Saline, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Venice, Venice Township, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 28 July 1944, in Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, United States.
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- Matilda A Gentry in household of James R Gentry, "United States Census, 1930"
- Missouri, Birth Records, 1847-1910
- Matilda A. Smith, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
Spouse and Children
1837–1931 Male
1859–1944 Female
Children (8)
1875– Female
1877– Female
1879– Male
1884–1962 Male
1887–1954 Male
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World Events (8)
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Age 2
1863
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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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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