Brief Life History of Susannah
Susannah Smith was born in 1799, in Virginia, United States. She married Henry Keller on 26 December 1821, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died in Davie, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (18)
- Sousan Keller in household of Henry Keller, "United States Census, 1860"
- Susanah Smith, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Susan Keller in entry for E N Parker and Mary E Emberson, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1799–1891 Male
1799– Female
Children (4)
1824–1877 Male
1825–1885 Male
1830–1895 Male
1831–1887 Female
World Events (8)
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
Age 0
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 1
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 31
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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