William Smith

Birth26 Mar 1820 - Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death8 Jun 1892 - North Bend, Jackson, Wisconsin, USA

MotherJanette Menzies

FatherJohn Smith

Born in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland on 26 Mar 1820 to John Smith and Janette Menzies. William Smith married Elizabeth Alexander and had 20 children. He passed away on 8 Jun 1892 in North Bend, Jackson, Wisconsin, USA.

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Parents

John Smith
1794 - 1868

Janette Menzies
1798 - 1881

Spouse(s)

Elizabeth Alexander
1824 - 1902

Elizabeth Smith
1821 - Unknown

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Jeanette Janet Smith
1849 - 1934

William Charles Smith
1853 - 1933

Elizabeth Smith
1858 - 1944

Agnes A Smith
1867 - 1963

John A Smith
1847 - 1895

Thomas Smith
1863 - 1935

Florence Flora Smith
1860 - 1933

Mary F Smith Peters
1865 - 1942

Helen Smith
1846 - 1925

Hugh Smith
1861 - 1930

James A Smith
1856 - 1926

Margaret Smith
1854 - 1855

James Smith
1851 - 1851

Ann Smith
1847 - 1934

James Smith
1842 - Unknown

Jennet Smith
1840 - Unknown

Helen Smith
1846 - 1925

Sarah Smith
1855 - Unknown

Robb Smith
1861 - Unknown

Mercer S Smith
1850 - Unknown

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1880 United States Federal Census

Name

William Smith

Est. Birth Date

Abt 1820

Est. Residence Age

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Birth Place

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1870 United States Federal Census

Name

William Smith

Est. Birth Date

1829

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Not Available

Birth Place

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Name

William Smith

Est. Birth Date

27 Mar 1819

Est. Residence Age

Not Available

Est. Residence Date

Not Available

Birth Place

Scotland

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Surname meaning for Smith

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. Americanized form (translation into English or assimilation) of various European surnames meaning ‘smith’ or ‘blacksmith’ for example German and Jewish Schmidt Dutch Flemish and North German Smit Ukrainian Rusyn or other Slavic Koval Slovak Kováč Slovenian Serbian and Croatian Kovač (see Kovac) and Jewish Kuznetz (see Kuznetsov). Native American: from English smith adopted as an occupational name for a smith often as a translation into English of a personal name based on an equivalent occupational name from any of the Native American languages such as Navajo atsidí ‎‘smith’ (see Atcitty). In most cases however the surname Smith was probably chosen because it is the most common (English) surname in North America (see 1 above). It is also the most common surname among Native Americans. Compare Blacksmith.