Louisa Smith

Female29 September 1826–

Brief Life History of Louisa

Louisa Smith was born on 29 September 1826, in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Peter Smith. She married Richard Barnacle on 11 September 1850, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in St John The Baptist's Church, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Chester Township, Saunders, Nebraska, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Richard Barnacle
1831–
Louisa Smith
1826–
Marriage: 11 September 1850
Emma Barnacle
1853–
James Richard Barnacle
1856–
John R. Barnacle
1868–

Sources (6)

  • Louisa Barnical in household of Richard Barnical, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Louisa Smith, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
  • Louisa Barnacle in household of Richard Barnacle, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 September 1850Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1830

    Age 4

    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

    1856

    Age 30

    Historical Boundaries: 1856: Calhoun, Nebraska Territory, United States* 1862: Saunders, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Saunders, Nebraska, United States *Calhoun renamed Saunders in 1862

    1863

    Age 37

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    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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