Joseph Fielding Smith

30 January 1899–29 August 1964 (Age 65)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Fielding

When Joseph Fielding Smith was born on 30 January 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Hyrum Mack Smith, was 26 and his mother, Ida Elizabeth Bowman, was 26. He married Ruth Pingree on 5 June 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States in 1947. He died on 29 August 1964, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Fielding Smith
1899–1964
Ruth Pingree
1907–1992
Marriage: 5 June 1929
Ruth Stanlie Smith
1930–2015
Hyrum Wayne Smith
–2019
Ida Smith
1931–2015
Lynne Esther Smith
1942–2004
Hyrum Wayne Smith
1943–2019

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 June 1929Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1900 · Gold for Cash!
    Age 1
    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
    1902 · The Utah Governor's Mansion
    Age 3
    Built in 1902, the Utah Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of Utah and their family. The mansion was built using the finest materials by the finest craftsmen available, resulting in a quality and style like that of Eastern mansions. From 1957 to 1977, the Utah Historical Society occupied the mansion as a library, museum, and office space. In 1977, the residence underwent extensive renovations and was again reopened in 1980. In December 1993, a fire destroyed much of the mansion but, after another restoration, the historic building was restored to its original design with upgrades in case of another disaster threatened the home. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
    1917
    Age 18
    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Smithe
    Smither
    Smithey
    Smyth
    Smythe
    McGowan
    Smead
    Faber

    Sources (37)

    • Joseph Fielding Smith, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Joseph Fielding Smith, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Joseph Fielding Smith, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

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