Brief Life History of Lillie
When Lillie Smith was born on 9 December 1880, in Carter, Tennessee, United States, her father, John K Smith, was 31 and her mother, Matilda Johnson, was 26. She lived in Civil District 2, Carter, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. She died on 10 November 1943, in Carter, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Roan Mountain, Carter, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Lillie Smith in household of Matilda Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lilly Smith, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
- Lillie Smith in household of John Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
Parents and Siblings
1849– Male
1854– Female
Siblings (7)
1876–1942 Male
1878– Female
1880–1943 Female
1884– Female
1890– Male
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 2
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 18
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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