Mary Ellen Smith

Brief Life History of Mary Ellen

When Mary Ellen Smith was born on 8 March 1841, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Arthur Sidney Smith, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Logue, was 28. She married Hugh Findlay on 22 April 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 6 July 1933, in Lanark, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Findlay
1822–1900
Mary Ellen Smith
1841–1933
Marriage: 22 April 1857
Arthur Smith Findlay
1858–1921
Clara Jane Findlay
1860–1866
Brigham Hugh Findlay
1862–1940
James William Findlay
1864–1935
Charles Henry Findlay
1865–1958
Nephi Findlay
1868–1868
Walter Findlay
1869–1938

Sources (53)

  • Mary Smith in household of Arthur Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
  • Mary Ellen Mayer, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1867 · The Manchester Martyrs are Hung

William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O’Brien were from Ireland but moved to Manchester and were active Fenians. They were part of an ambush to help two Fenians escape prison. These three men were executed and are now referred to as the Manchester Martyrs. The Irish community in Manchester go to the spot where they were executed to commemorate their sacrifice.

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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Arthur and Elizabeth Smith by Annaleone Patton

Arthur and Elizabeth Smith were early converts to Mormonism. They were my mother's (Rosella Nebeker) maternal grandparents. Arthur Smith was English - Elizabeth was Scotch. Arthur was a member of t …

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