Brief Life History of Morgan Walter
When Morgan Walter Smith was born on 16 October 1905, in Magrath, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, his father, Richard Demont Smith Sr., was 45 and his mother, Evalina Maria Mousseau, was 39. He married Doris Elva Neilson on 22 September 1937, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1936 and lived in Fort Macleod, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada for about 20 years. He died on 14 July 1951, in Champion, Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 45, and was buried in Champion, Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Morgan Walter Smith, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index,1898-1942
- Morgan Walter Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1910 · Glacier National Park Established
Congress established Glacier National Park on May 11, 1910. The park is located in the northern part of Montana on the Canada- US border. It covers 1 million acres, has over a hundred lakes, over a thousand different plant species, and over a hundred animal species. Previously the area had been occupied by the Blackfoot and Flathead people.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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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