Brief Life History of John
When John Smith Jr was born on 16 June 1809, in Catawba, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Smith, was 39 and his mother, Catherina Sara Mauser, was 42. He married Catherine Hannah simmons on 7 January 1829, in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 16 June 1851, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 42.
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- John Smith in household of Alfred Brady, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Smith - birth:
- John Smith, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1809–1851 Male
1810–1891 Female
Children (1)
1830–1903 Male
Parents and Siblings
1770–1847 Male
1767–1828 Female
Siblings (13)
1790–1823 Female
1794–1824 Male
1796–1843 Female
1798–1880 Female
1800–1893 Female
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World Events (7)
1812
Age 3
1812 · War of 1812
Age 3
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 12
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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