Celia Smith

Brief Life History of Celia

When Celia Smith was born about 1755, in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Smith, was 23 and her mother, Mary Williams, was 27. She married James Alway on 16 May 1782, in Tytherington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She was buried in Ashley, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

James Alway
1759–1829
Celia Smith
1755–1837
Marriage: 16 May 1782
George Alway
1783–1850
James Alway
about 1793–1869
Thomas Alway
1796–1829
Ann Alway
1800–
Sarah Alway
1802–1834
John Alway
1805–1863
Robert Alway
1785–1842
Celia Alway
1789–
Mary Alway
1791–
Hester Alway
1802–

Sources (1)

  • Celia Alway, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"

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World Events (4)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

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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