Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Smith Jr was born on 23 December 1805, in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Joseph Smith Sr, was 34 and his mother, Lucy Mack, was 30. He married Emma Hale on 18 January 1827, in Bainbridge, Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 27 June 1844, in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- U.S. 1820 Census
- Joseph Smith, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927" entry for Joseph Smith III
- Joseph Smith, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" entry for Desdemona W Fullmer Smith
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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