When Arthur Sidney Smith was born on 30 January 1808, in Prees, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Smith Sr., was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Pye, was 37. He married Martha Roberts on 24 July 1831, in Prees, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died on 12 December 1886, in Laketown, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Laketown Cemetery, Laketown, Rich, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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 NamesArthur and Elizabeth Smith were early converts to Mormonism. They were my mother's (Rosella Nebeker) maternal grandparents. Arthur Smith was English - Elizabeth was Scotch. Arthur was a member of t …
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