Brief Life History of Edward H.
When Edward H. Smith was born in January 1870, in St. Charles, Winona, Minnesota, United States, his father, William F. Smith, was 30 and his mother, Mary Spielman, was 20. He lived in Saint Charles Township, Winona, Minnesota, United States in 1870. He died on 2 September 1944, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 74.
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Sources (3)
- Edward Smith in household of William Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Edward Smith, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
- Edward Smith, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"
Parents and Siblings
1841–before 1877 Male
1849–1931 Female
Siblings (1)
1870–1944 Male
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 0
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
Age 14
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 20
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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