Brief Life History of Joanna
When Joanna Smith was born on 19 February 1820, in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, her father, Frederick K. Smith, was 12 and her mother, Jeanette Malcolm, was 37. She married William Misner on 10 November 1842, in Talbot, Brock, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Otisville, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 21 December 1907, in Forest Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Smith Hill Cemetery, Otisville, Genesee, Michigan, United States.
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- Joana Misner in household of William Crawford, "United States Census, 1900"
- Joanna Smith, "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858"
- Joanna Misner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
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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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