Voris J Smith

Brief Life History of Voris J

When Voris J Smith was born on 4 May 1935, in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States, his father, Archie B Smith, was 29 and his mother, Iona Lucille Walker, was 31. He lived in Magisterial District 1, McCracken, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 10 October 2007, in Taylor, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Michigan Memorial Park, Flat Rock, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Archie B Smith
1905–1973
Iona Lucille Walker
1903–1990
Clarcy B Smith
1930–2016
Voris J Smith
1935–2007

Sources (6)

  • Voris J Smith in household of Archie B Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Voris J Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Voris in entry for Mr Archie B Smith, "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006"

World Events (8)

1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky

The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store

Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.

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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