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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- 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
1792–1874 Male
1804–1874 Female
Children (2)
1838– Male
1843–1912 Female
Parents and Siblings
1772–1853 Male
1774–1837 Female
Siblings (6)
1799–1805 Female
1801–1843 Male
1804–1874 Female
1807–1837 Female
1811–1903 Male
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1825 · The Crimes Act
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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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