Telitha C R Smith

Brief Life History of Telitha C R

When Telitha C R Smith was born on 10 October 1850, in Lamar, Texas, United States, her father, Greenville Smith, was 35 and her mother, Araminta Parilee Record, was 29. She married Dr David Rittenhouse Porter McDermett on 9 March 1871, in Lamar, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Pilot Grove, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 26 September 1931, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Dr David Rittenhouse Porter McDermett
1841–1925
Telitha C R Smith
1850–1931
Marriage: 9 March 1871
Margaret M. McDermett
1878–1973

Sources (14)

  • T C Mcdermatt in household of David R P Mcdermatt, "United States Census, 1910"
  • T. C. R. Smith, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Telitha Smith Mcdermett, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

1863

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

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

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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