Orrie Smith

Female6 October 1870–10 July 1901

Brief Life History of Orrie

Orrie Smith was born on 6 October 1870, in Ohio, United States. She married George R Koehler on 2 October 1890, in Lake, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 10 July 1901, in Willoughby, Niagara Falls, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 30, and was buried in Wickliffe, Lake, Ohio, United States.

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George R Koehler
1870–1904
Orrie Smith
1870–1901
Marriage: 2 October 1890
Arthur J Koehler
1892–1900

Sources (4)

  • Orrie S Koehler in household of George R Koehler, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Orrie Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Orrie Smith Koehler, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 October 1890Lake, Ohio, United States
  • Children (1)

    World Events (8)

    1871

    Age 1

    British Columbia joins the confederation.

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 2

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 11

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    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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