Brief Life History of Glen William
When Glen William Smith was born on 17 September 1922, in Emmett, Ada, Idaho, United States, his father, Martin Hansen Smith, was 43 and his mother, Nancy Melissa Webb, was 40. He married Lenna Dell Iris Wells on 3 October 1942, in Emmett, Ada, Idaho, United States. He lived in Pondosa, Union, Oregon, United States in 1954. He died on 24 October 2011, in Tumalo, Deschutes, Oregon, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon, United States.
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- Glenn William Smith in household of Martin Hansen Smith, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Glenn Smith, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Glenn William Smith, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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Historical Boundaries - 1927: Union, Oregon, United States
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
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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