Brief Life History of Charles William
When Charles William Smithson Sr was born on 10 April 1856, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, Allen Freeman Smithson, was 40 and his mother, Jennett Burton Taylor, was 29. He married Susan Elizabeth Ross on 17 November 1879, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Artesia, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1920 and World in 1920. He died on 17 August 1922, in Lebanon, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Safford Cemetery, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Charles W Smithson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles William Smithson, Sr - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Charles William Smithson, Sr
- Charles Wm Smithson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1874
Historical Boundaries 1874: Pima, Arizona Territory, United States 1881: Graham, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Graham, Arizona, United States
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): from Middle English smith ‘smith’ + -son, for a son of a smith.
Irish (Dublin) and Scottish: in Scotland and Ireland, sometimes adopted for Mac Gobhann, Mac a'ghobhainn ‘son of the smith’ (see McGowan ).
History: The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC was founded (1846) with a bequest from the English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (1765–1829). He was born James Lewes Macie, the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson Percy, Duke of Northumberland. His mother, Elizabeth Macie, a widow, was a direct descendant of Henry VIII; through her family James Smithson inherited a fortune.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES WILLIAM SMITHSON
Charles William Smithson was born on 10 April 1856 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California to Allen Freeman and Jennette Burton Taylor Smithson. He was the sixth of fourteen children, three …
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