12,816 documented Smith ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Occupational surname for a metalworker or blacksmith — the single most common English-language surname.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 12,759 Smith records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Robert, Mary, John, William and James.
Of the 12,703 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Rhoda Smith, born 1727 in Massachusetts.
Documented Smith families on this page come from Past and Present of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa, History of McHenry County, Illinois (1922) and Biographical Record of Pickaway County, Ohio.
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Deceased Smith ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Occupational surname for a metalworker or blacksmith — the single most common English-language surname.
The documented line here reaches back to 1727. Most Smith lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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