Brief Life History of Cornelia Workman
When Cornelia Workman Smith was born on 13 March 1862, in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States, her father, John Oliver Smith, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Ellen Workman, was 30. She married Charles Richard Crane I from 2 October 1881 to 2 November 1881, in Manchester Township, Passaic, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. She died on 17 November 1941, at the age of 79, and was buried in Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Cornelia Smith in household of John O Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Cornelia Smith, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
- Cornelia W. Smith, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
Spouse and Children
1858–1939 Male
1862–1941 Female
Children (5)
1882–1938 Male
1883–1886 Female
1886–1952 Female
1887–1954 Female
1899–1982 Male
Parents and Siblings
1821–1893 Male
1832–1911 Female
Siblings (3)
1862–1941 Female
1864–1914 Male
1867– Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 1
1867 · The Chicago Water Tower
Age 5
1885 · The World's First Skyscraper
Age 23
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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