Brief Life History of Claude B.
When Claude B. Smithson was born in January 1883, in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Sylvanus W. Smithson, was 34 and his mother, Laura Bryant, was 31. He married Mary Elizabeth Lane in 1903. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Obion, Tennessee, United States in 1930.
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- Claude Smithson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Claude B. Smithson - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Claude B. Smithson
- Claude B Smithson in entry for Melba M Haste, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): from Middle English smith ‘smith’ + -son, for a son of a smith.
Irish (Dublin) and Scottish: in Scotland and Ireland, sometimes adopted for Mac Gobhann, Mac a'ghobhainn ‘son of the smith’ (see McGowan ).
History: The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC was founded (1846) with a bequest from the English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (1765–1829). He was born James Lewes Macie, the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson Percy, Duke of Northumberland. His mother, Elizabeth Macie, a widow, was a direct descendant of Henry VIII; through her family James Smithson inherited a fortune.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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