Brief Life History of Neil Morrison
When Neil Morrison Smith was born on 10 December 1905, in Manitoba, Canada, his father, Murdock Morrison Smith, was 33 and his mother, Mary Jane Elizabeth or Polly Sutcliffe, was 24. He died on 10 September 1976, in Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Neil Morrison Smith in household of Mary Jane Elizabeth Smith, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
- Web: Manitoba, Birth Index, 1866-1912
- Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Spouse and Children
1905–1976 Male
1913– Female
Parents and Siblings
1872–1921 Male
1881–1967 Female
Siblings (7)
1905–1976 Male
1907–2001 Male
1908–1991 Male
1910–1993 Female
1911–1980 Female
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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.
Story Highlight
Mary Jane Elizabeth "Polly" Sutcliffe
Mary Jane Elizabeth, known to family and friends as "Polly", was the widow of Murdock Smith. She was living in Birtle when she met and married Wesley Strong, a widower, in November of 1928. They live …
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