Brief Life History of Carl Kenneth
When Carl Kenneth Smith Sr was born on 8 January 1917, in Ohio, United States, his father, James Blanchard Smith, was 49 and his mother, Emma May Wunderlich, was 32. He had at least 1 son with Gaynell Hobson. He lived in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. He died on 30 January 2005, at the age of 88, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Carl K Smith, "United States 1950 Census"
- Carl K Smith, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Carl K Smith in entry for Lewis T Smith, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Spouse and Children
1917–2005 Male
1925–2003 Female
Children (1)
1951–2020 Male
Parents and Siblings
1867–1942 Male
1884–1959 Female
Siblings (5)
1907–1982 Male
1911–2002 Male
1914–1994 Female
1917–2005 Male
1924–2006 Male
World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 1
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 2
1941
Age 24
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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