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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Family Time Line
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
1870–1904 Male
1870–1901 Female
Children (1)
1892–1900 Male
World Events (8)
1871
Age 1
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 11
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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