Brief Life History of Maud Elizabeth
Maud Elizabeth Smith was born on 27 April 1914, in Florida, United States as the daughter of Mr Walter Sumpter Smith and Minnie M Rogers. She married Nathan Stover Bly. She lived in Winslow, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1935 and Supervisorial District 3, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 17 September 1999, in Arizona, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Winslow, Navajo, Arizona, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Betty S Bly, "United States 1950 Census"
- Betty Elizabeth Bly in household of Nathan S Bly, "United States Census, 1940"
Spouse and Children
1913–1987 Male
1914–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
– Male
1878– Female
Siblings (1)
1914–1999 Female
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
1917
Age 3
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 23
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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