Jane Ann Smith

Brief Life History of Jane Ann

When Jane Ann Smith was born on 27 February 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Arthur Sidney Smith, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth, was 24. She married Aaron Nebeker on 25 October 1861, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 2 November 1879, in Laketown, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Laketown Cemetery, Laketown, Rich, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Nebeker
1840–1919
Jane Ann Smith
1844–1879
Marriage: 25 October 1861
Lorena Elizabeth Nebeker
1862–1939
William Perry Nebeker
1863–1863
Rosella Nebeker
1866–1899
Aaron Smith Nebeker
1868–1931
Archilles Nebeker
1870–1950
Leroy Nebeker
1872–1944
Ira Nebeker
1875–1946
Carl Nebeker
1877–1908
Edgar Sidney Nebeker
1879–1880

Sources (22)

  • Jane Ann Smithe in household of Arthur S Smithe, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jane Ann Nebeker, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jane Ann Smith Nebeker, "Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015"

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World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

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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