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Maybe it was such an honorable craft that people were more likely to name themselves after it compared to other trades?
by bsza 5y ago
Maybe it was such an honorable craft that people were more likely to name themselves after it compared to other trades?
- mackinley 5y agoI have that surname but not for the reason that a blacksmith was in my family. My great grandparents took the name Smith at Ellis Island to Americanize themselves. I suspect this backstory is probably quite common in the US, especially amongst Irish and Italian immigrants in the late 18 to early 1900's.