Louis Adolph Smith

Brief Life History of Louis Adolph

When Louis Adolph Smith was born on 23 March 1866, in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United States, his father, John Frederick William Smith, was 37 and his mother, Ottilia Helfenbein, was 24. He married Sarah A Morriston on 10 September 1889, in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 24 June 1901, in Overbrook, Osage, Kansas, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Eureka Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United States.

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Louis Adolph Smith
1866–1901
Sarah A Morriston
1871–
Marriage: 10 September 1889
Don Alan Smith
1890–1956

Sources (5)

  • Ludwig Smith in household of Frederick Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lewis A Smith, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Louis A. Smith, "Find a Grave Index"

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1869

Historical Boundaries: 1869: Linn, Kansas, United States

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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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