Brief Life History of Rose
When Rose Smith was born on 15 October 1839, in Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland, United States, her father, George R Smith, was 26 and her mother, Amelia Jackson, was 21. She married David B. Baldwin on 20 June 1888, in Gloucester, Virginia, United States. She lived in Worcester Parish, Worcester, Maryland, United States in 1850 and Ware District, Gloucester, Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 4 March 1925, in Gloucester, Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Rose Baldwin in household of David Baldwin, "United States Census, 1900"
- Rosa A Cooksey, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Rosa S. Cooksey, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
Spouse and Children
1812–1893 Male
1839–1925 Female
Parents and Siblings
1814– Male
1819– Female
Siblings (5)
1839–1925 Female
1841– Male
1845– Male
1846–1887 Female
1849–1876 Female
World Events (8)
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
Age 5
1846
Age 7
1862 · The Battle of Fredericksburg
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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