Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Smith Adair was born on 11 January 1845, in Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Adair, was 30 and her mother, Frances Rogers, was 26. She married Hans Peter Mortensen in 1863. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 24 March 1876, in Paria, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Paria, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Emma Adair in household of Thos Adair, "United States Census, 1860"
- Emma Goodrich, "Find A Grave Index"
- L*sia Hadden in entry for Annie L Mortensen Rasmusson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
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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