Elizabeth Smith

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Smith was born on 30 March 1823, in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Smith, was 30 and her mother, Ann Lindsay, was 34. She married Thomas Campbell in October 1844, in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1870 and American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 18 November 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Campbell
1819–1880
Elizabeth Smith
1823–1890
Marriage: October 1844
John Campbell
1845–1846
James Campbell
1847–1928
Joseph William Campbell
1848–1849
Mary Jane Campbell
1848–1921
Thomas Campbell
1850–1852
Elizabeth Campbell
1850–1854
Andrew Campbell
1853–1864
Alexander Campbell
1854–1864
Christina Campbell
1856–1864
Annie Campbell
1856–1922
Robert Lamont Campbell
1858–1859
Henry Campbell
1860–
William Andrew Campbell
1860–1864
Martha Campbell
1862–1874
Jennie Campbell
1865–1944

Sources (54)

  • Elizabeth Campbell in household of Thomas Campbell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thomas Campbell, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
  • ELIZABETH SMITH CAMPBELL, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1831 · Old London Bridge Opens

The popular childhood rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

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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