Brief Life History of Noah
When Noah Smith was born on 14 April 1803, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, William Smith, was 34 and his mother, Polly Whitney, was 21. He married Mary Elizabeth De Forest on 4 April 1832, in Long Ridge, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1850 and New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1860. He died on 10 July 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Noah Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Noah Smith, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Noah Smith, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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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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Noah Smith (14 April 1803 – 10 July 1863)
Smith, Noah (son of William Smith and Polly Whitney of Long Ridge, Stamford, Conn.) Born 1803, Stamford, Conn. Came to Utah Oct 5, 1862, Ansel P. Harmon company. Married Mary De Forest at Stamford …
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