Brief Life History of Adelaide
Adelaide Smith was born on 1 August 1847, in Kings, New York, United States as the daughter of Walton Smith and Harriet Albertson Smith. She married Alonzo Dederick on 10 February 1865, in Valatie, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 1 September 1922, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Adelle Detrick in household of Thomas Dunn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Adelaide Smith, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Adelaide S Dederick, "Find A Grave Index"
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1848 · Fire Causes $1.5 Million in Damages
"""A fire in September of 1848 caused an estimated $1.5 million in damages to the city of Brooklyn. The fire consumed """"three churches, the post office, two newspaper offices, and other property."""""""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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