Brief Life History of John
John Smith was born on 19 November 1833, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of James Smith and Mary Terrisa Folmer. He married Anna Maria Elizabeth Brandt in 1861, in Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years. He died on 13 December 1907, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Kimmerlings Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- John H Smith, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- John Smith in entry for Christian B. Smith, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
Spouse and Children
1833–1907 Male
1835–1903 Female
Children (12)
1855–1879 Male
1857– Female
1859–1910 Male
1859– Male
1862–1935 Female
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1910–1853 Female
Siblings (2)
1831–1913 Female
1833–1907 Male
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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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