Brief Life History of Ralph
When Ralph Smith was born on 24 June 1835, in Wrekenton, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Watkin Smith, was 22 and his mother, Mary Ann Usher, was 24. He married Hannah Dodds on 28 October 1854, in Durham, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Ardleigh, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Greenville, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1857. He died on 18 July 1914, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Ralph Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ralph Smith, "England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1692-1900"
- Ralph Smith, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1847
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Christian Barfuss BIRTH 1 Jun 1800 Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland DEATH 16 Apr 1847 (aged 46) Bern, Switzerland BURIAL Logan City Cemetery Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 27371672
1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
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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