Mary Smith

23 February 1841–8 May 1900 (Age 59)
Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Smith was born on 23 February 1841, in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Nichol Smith, was 29 and her mother, Margery May McEwan, was 36. She married Andrew Alexander Anderson on 27 July 1857, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1856 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 8 May 1900, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Rexburg Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Alexander Anderson
1833–1909
Mary Smith
1841–1900
Marriage: 27 July 1857
Andrew Smith Anderson
1858–1929
Sarah Ann Anderson
1861–1942
Almira Mae Anderson
1863–1932
Joseph Alexander Anderson
1865–1890
Jane Anderson
1867–1868
Mary Alice Anderson
1870–1969
John Amos Anderson
1873–1941
George Warren Anderson
1878–1942
Solva Carlos Anderson
1881–1883
Zina Percinda Anderson
1885–1923

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 July 1857Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    World Events (8)

    1843
    Age 2
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
    1856
    Age 15
    Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
    1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
    Age 16
    The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.

    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

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    Sources (46)

    • Mary S. Anderson in household of Andrew A. Anderson, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Mary Smith Andersen in entry for Sarah Ann Andersen Barnes, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Mary Anderson in household of Andrew Anderson, "United States Census, 1870"

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