Elizabeth Smith

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Smith was christened on 14 August 1804, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Johnson Smith, was 27 and her mother, Mary Brandon, was 31. She died on 16 August 1804, in her hometown, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Johnson Smith
1777–1849
Mary Brandon
1773–1811
William Smith
1799–1875
Philip Smith
1799–1802
Henry Smith
1802–1807
Elizabeth Smith
1804–1804
James Smith
1805–1844
Elizabeth Smith
1807–
Philip Smith
1811–1886

Sources (2)

  • Elizh. Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Smith - Published information: death: 16 August 1804; Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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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