Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Smithies was born on 5 October 1839, in Bashall Eaves, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Smithies, was 31 and his mother, Nancy Ann Knowles, was 30. He married Elizabeth Ann Scott on 11 April 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 11 July 1915, in Lorenzo, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Robert Smithers, "United States Census, 1900"
- Robert Smithies, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
- Robert Smithies in entry for Wilfred Smithies, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Smithey with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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