Anna Smith

Female28 October 1804–19 October 1874

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Smith was born on 28 October 1804, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jeremiah Smith, was 32 and her mother, Anna Russell, was 30. She married Asa Holbrook on 3 December 1836, in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 15 years and Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1870. She died on 19 October 1874, in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Holbrook
1792–1874
Anna Smith
1804–1874
Marriage: 3 December 1836
Willard Russel Holbrook
1838–
Angeline Holbrook
1843–1912

Sources (15)

  • Anna Holbrook in household of Asa Holbrook, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
  • Anna Smith, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Anna Smith Holbrook, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 December 1836Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (7)

    1808

    Age 4

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1812

    Age 8

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 21

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    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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