Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Smith was born in 1878, in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Smith, was 46 and her mother, Mary Ann, was 39. She died before 1978, in England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (3)
- Ellen Smith in household of James Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Smith - Government record: birth-name: Ellen Smith
- Ellen Smith in household of James Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Parents and Siblings
1832–before 1932 Male
1839–before 1939 Female
Siblings (14)
1858–1958 Male
1861–1961 Female
1863–1963 Male
1865–1965 Male
1867–1967 Female
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 2
1884
Age 6
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 26
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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