Brad Redford Smith

Brief Life History of Brad Redford

When Brad Redford Smith was born on 21 July 1950, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Don Hansen Smith, was 30 and his mother, Eva Dewsnup Redford, was 30. He died on 23 July 1950, in his hometown, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

Don Hansen Smith
1920–2019
Eva Dewsnup Redford
1919–1985
Brad Redford Smith
1950–1950
Jill Smith
1952–1952
Terry Lee Smith
1954–1981
Corey Dean Smith
1958–2017

Sources (5)

  • Brad Redford Smith, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Brad Redford Smith, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
  • Brad Redford Smith, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

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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