Brief Life History of Willard Lisbon
When Willard Lisbon Smith was born on 2 September 1891, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Willard Gilbert Smith, was 20 and his mother, Anna Mariah Lamb, was 23. He married Jane Hill Leavitt in February 1911, in Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1943 and lived in Medicine Hat, Cypress, Alberta, Canada in 1911 and Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1926. He died on 2 December 1955, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Leavitt, Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
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Sources (43)
- Willard Smith, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
- Willard L Smith, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Willard L Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1891–1955 Male
1891–1973 Female
Children (4)
1912–1913 Male
1914–2015 Male
1921–2005 Male
1923–1926 Female
Parents and Siblings
1870–1932 Male
1868–1935 Female
Siblings (8)
1891–1955 Male
1894–1953 Male
1898–1965 Male
1903–1903 Female
1903–1958 Male
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World Events (8)
1895
Age 4
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 17
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.
Story Highlight
Journal of Gilbert 1951
Gilbert shares of the challenges of farming and his worries of the health of his brothers Willard and Warren. This has been a very disappointing year for the farmer the season has been one of the wet …
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