Brief Life History of Emma L "Babe"
When Emma L "Babe" Smith was born on 17 November 1916, in New Madrid, Missouri, United States, her father, Edward Chesley Smith Sr, was 37 and her mother, Anna Lee Winston, was 39. She lived in Marston, New Madrid, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Little Prairie Township, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 4 October 1979, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Madrid Township, New Madrid, Missouri, United States.
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- Anna L Smith in household of Eckl P Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
- Babe, "Find A Grave Index"
- Emma Smith in household of Edward Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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