When Albert Smith was born on 18 November 1804, in Ashfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, David Smith, was 38 and his mother, Deborah Alden, was 34. He married Esther Dutcher on 11 May 1826, in Boylston, Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lee, Iowa, United States in 1840 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He registered for military service in 1841. In 1868, at the age of 63, his occupation is listed as working on railroad in weber canyon as his crops had failed in Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 31 October 1892, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1806: Madison, New York, United States
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Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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 NamesManti, May 11, 1897 To the Editor: I have been reading, with interest, a great deal concerning the grand Jubilee, to be held at Salt Lake City in July next, and the pains taken to prepare for the sa …
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