Amanda Ellen Smith

Brief Life History of Amanda Ellen

When Amanda Ellen Smith was born in 1855, in Huntington, Indiana, United States, her father, Seth Thomas Smith, was 28 and her mother, Diadama Powers, was 30. She married Alfred E Arick on 24 April 1873, in Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 25 January 1883, in Jackson Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Jackson Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred E Arick
1853–1913
Amanda Ellen Smith
1855–1883
Marriage: 24 April 1873
Clarence A Arick
1874–1875
Elmina Alice Arick
1876–1947
William E Arick
1878–1911
Clifton Elgie Arick
1883–1956

Sources (9)

  • Amanda E Smith in household of Seth Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Amanda Ellen Smith - birth:
  • Amanda E Smith, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

World Events (7)

1856 · The Town of Santa Claus

The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.

1863

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

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

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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