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Family History & Genealogy

The Smith Family

12,822 documented Smith ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

12,822Documented ancestors
1727Earliest record
12Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Smith

Occupational surname for a metalworker or blacksmith — the single most common English-language surname.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Smith families we’ve reconstructed

Real Smith family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

Orrin B. Smithb. 1816
Cattaraugus County, New York
Orrin B. Smith ⚭ Celia Bragg, Genevieve Bower
childrenLovisa Smith · Geraldine Smith · Castana (Celia) Smith · Helen J. Smith · Chloe T. Smith · Orrin E. Smith · Celia Smith · Frank T. Smith · Patience Smith
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Jackson Smithdate unknown
North Carolina → Utah
Jackson Smith ⚭ Mary Smith
childrenMargaret Smith · Hannah Smith · John Smith · Elizabeth Smith · Ruth Smith · Isaac Smith · Mary A. Smith · Eliza Smith · Jackson Smith
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Sampson B. Smithdate unknown
Maryland
Sampson B. Smith ⚭ Margaret Hale
childrenRebecca Smith · Martha Smith · Mary Smith · Edith Smith · Elizabeth Smith · John Smith · Isaac Smith · William Smith · George Smith
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Sarah Smithdate unknown
Sandusky County, Ohio
parentsIsrael Smith & Caroline Smith
Sarah Smith ⚭ Lewis Bolen
childrenWilliam Bolen · Mary Bolen · John Wesley Bolen · Harry A. Bolen · Emma Bolen · Russel B. Bolen · Clarence Bolen · Fanny Bolen · Albert Bolen
Iva Ann Smithdate unknown
Ashland County, Ohio
parentsDavid Smith & Rosetta Bates
Iva Ann Smith ⚭ Donley (married 5 Dec 1872)
childrenMaude L. Donley · John L. Donley · David C. Donley · Anna Donley · Stella S. Donley · Elizabeth Donley · Esther May Donley · James Paul Donley
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Sylvia G. Smithdate unknown
parentsD. S. Smith
Sylvia G. Smith ⚭ Joseph Bottum (m. 1885)
childrenNellie Bottum · Fannie Bottum · Dora Bottum · Emily Bottum · Julia Bottum · Roswell Bottum · Joseph H. Bottum
History of Faulk County, South Dakota (1910)
John Smithb. 1840
Canton of Berne, Switzerland
John Smith ⚭ Martha Ruffcenacht
childrenElla Smith · Caroline Smith · Edward Smith · Albert Smith · Anna Smith · Minnie Smith · Clara Smith
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Xenophon Smith1845 – 1882
Iowa
Xenophon Smith ⚭ Minnie Folgman
childrenWilliam R. Smith · Charles S. Smith · Parminew Smith · Flora Smith · Nellie M. Smith · Frank Smith · Alta M. Smith
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Lucy R. Smithd. 1864
Vermont
Lucy R. Smith ⚭ Daniel B. Cutts
childrenMary Cutts · Ira Cutts · Sarah A. Cutts · Henry D. Cutts · Roswell B. Cutts · Emily J. Cutts · Fanny M. Cutts
Flora Smithb. 1872
Iowa
parentsXenophon Smith & Minnie Folgman
Flora Smith ⚭ Elmer G. Allen
childrenGertrude Allen · Hubert Allen · Ivan L. Allen · Wanda Allen · Margie Allen · Murel M. Allen
George C. Smith1833 – 1901
Belmont County, Ohio → Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
George C. Smith ⚭ Nancy Snively
childrenCarlos A. Smith · F. B. Smith · F. R. Smith · Alice (Smith) Groves · Meda Smith · Margaret Smith
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Nicholas Smithdate unknown
Germany → Seneca county, Ohio
Nicholas Smith ⚭ Margaret Smith
childrenNicholas Smith · Catherine Smith · Elizabeth Smith · Eva Smith · Margaret Smith · John Smith
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+83 more documented Smith families in the record. Find yours →

The documented line

Smith ancestors in the record

Deceased Smith ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

John Smith was born in 1826 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
Rhoda Smith
1727 – 1765
Massachusetts, USA
m. John R Cobb
Samuel Smith
1735 – 1840
Dublin, Ireland
m. Hannah Jane Kitely
James J Smith
1782 – 1855
Maryland, USA
m. Mary Elizabeth Jobe
Jeremiah Smith
1801 – 1874
York township, Sandusky County, Ohio
m. De Lora Knapp
Clarissa Smith
b. 1802
Massachusetts
m. James B. Arms
Sylvester Smith
1806 – 1880
Council Bluffs
Tillman Smith
b. 1810
North Carolina
m. Nancy Doughty
William Seamont Smith
1811 – 1898
Davie Co, NC
m. Mary
Mary B. Smith
b. 1814
Monongahela County, West Virginia
m. John S. Mapel (married June 4
Samuel Smith
1815 – 1901
Iowa
Orrin B. Smith
b. 1816
Cattaraugus County, New York
m. Celia Bragg, Genevieve Bower
Mary Smith
1818 – 1902
Iowa
Albert Smith
b. 1819
Le Sauk, Stearns County, Minnesota
Julia M Smith
1821 – 1906
Iowa
John Smith
1826 – 1869
Ireland
m. (wife
Margaret Smith
b. 1828
Germany
m. Michael Long
George Smith
b. 1830
Wurtemberg, Germany
m. Barbara Seip, Sarah Arnibryst
Elijah Greenbay Smith
1830 – 1911
Indiana
m. Nancy Castelle
Seward Smith
1830 – 1886
Malinda Smith
b. 1833
North Carolina
m. William Deboard
George C. Smith
1833 – 1901
Belmont County, Ohio
m. Nancy Snively
William J. Smith
1834 – 1911
Knox County, Ohio
George W. Smith
b. 1837
Cincinnati, Ohio
Catherine Smith
b. 1838
Maryland
m. N. S. Poling
Alexander Hale Smith
1838 – 1909
Thomas Leander Smith
b. 1839
Franklin township, Des Moines County, Iowa
Samuel Richard Smith
b. 1839
Darby township, Pickaway County, Ohio
m. Martha A. Dick
Peter Smith
b. 1840
Germany
John Smith
b. 1840
Canton of Berne, Switzerland
m. Martha Ruffcenacht
Lovisa Smith
1840 – 1893
New York
m. Charles Cobb
Asa Beal Smith
1841 – 1930
Robert D. Smith
b. 1842
New Jersey
m. married spring 1866
Hiram Y. Smith
1843 – 1894
Des Moines
Henry Nyman Smith
b. 1844
Boonsboro, Maryland
B Smith
1844 – 1870
Tama County, Iowa
Xenophon Smith
1845 – 1882
Iowa
m. Minnie Folgman
Hiram B. Smith
1846 – 1914
Wisconsin
Columbia Smith
d. 1847
Iowa
John Wood Smith
d. 1847
Iowa City
Lee H. Smith
b. 1848
Franklin County, Ohio
Helen J. Smith
b. 1848
Woodbury County, Iowa
m. William H. Adams
Heman C. Smith
1850 – 1919
Orrin E. Smith
b. 1851
Woodbury County, Iowa
Lemuel K Smith
1851 – 1917
Iowa
Harriet L. Smith
b. 1852
Van Wert, Ohio
m. Mr. Hall (married May 29
George We Smith
1853 – 1910
Linn County, Iowa
Ellison G. Smith
1854 – 1935
Sioux City
Almeda Lucretia Smith
b. 1857
Palo Alto township, Jasper County, Iowa
m. Charles Fremont Ross
Clinton DeWitt Smith
1857 – 1936
Des Moines
Joshua Smith
1858 – 1927
Linn County, Iowa
Sylvester C. Smith
1858 – 1913
Mount Pleasant
Lottie E. Smith
b. 1859
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
m. Mr. Wakeley (married March 9
Edward Parsons Smith
1860 – 1930
Mount Pleasant
Carlos A. Smith
b. 1861
Mount Zion, Belmont County, Ohio
m. Kate Schick
Walter I. Smith
1862 – 1922
Council Bluffs
Albert Smith
1863 – 1938
Linn County, Iowa
Caroline Smith
d. 1864
m. Ira Belville
Lucy R. Smith
d. 1864
Vermont
m. Daniel B. Cutts
John W. Smith
b. 1864
Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio
Jacob B. Smith
b. 1864
Soap Creek, Davis County, Iowa
m. Ella Dean
Augusta L Smith
1864 – 1967
Iowa
Alice Smith
b. 1866
Woodbury County, Iowa
m. Mr. Gividen
Dora Smith
1867 – 1968
Iowa
William H. Smith
b. 1868
Story County, Iowa
m. Lola L. Hahn (married 1888)
Adda J Smith
1868 – 1931
Linn County, Iowa
Clermont Colfax Smith
1868 – 1939
Adair County
J. W. Smith
b. 1869
Memphis, Missouri
George Smith
1869 – 1967
Iowa
May Smith
1870 – 1973
Iowa
Ada B Smith
1870 – 1966
Iowa
George Smith
1870 – 1965
Iowa
Phares F Smith
1870 – 1966
Iowa
Edward McMurray Smith
1870 – 1953
Jackson County
Madaline Smith
1871 – 1971
Iowa
Frances Smith
1871 – 1966
Iowa
Henry N Smith
1871 – 1968
Iowa
Flora Smith
b. 1872
Iowa
m. Elmer G. Allen
John Smith
1872 – 1963
Iowa
Hans Smith
1872 – 1964
Iowa
Edgar Smith
1872 – 1969
Iowa
Charles Smith
1872 – 1964
Iowa
Ada Smith
1872 – 1968
Iowa
Adam Smith
1872 – 1964
Iowa
Ida Smith
1872 – 1970
Iowa
Halina Smith
1872 – 1971
Iowa
Anna Smith
1872 – 1963
Iowa
Lafe Smith
1872 – 1966
Iowa
Rena Smith
1872 – 1968
Iowa
Estella Smith
1872 – 1973
Iowa
Cora McCullom Smith
1872 – 1906
Waterloo
George T Smith
1873 – 1940
Linn County, Iowa
Harry Smith
1873 – 1964
Iowa
Frank Smith
1873 – 1968
Iowa
Charles Smith
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Elizabeth Smith
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Andrew Smith
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Otto Smith
1873 – 1963
Iowa
Luther Smith
1873 – 1969
Iowa
Cora Smith
1873 – 1972
Iowa
Cora Smith
1873 – 1967
Iowa
John P Smith
1873 – 1969
Iowa
Frederick Smith
1874 – 1966
Iowa
David O Smith
1874 – 1967
Iowa
Emma Smith
1874 – 1962
Iowa
William Smith
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Charlotte Smith
1874 – 1962
Iowa
Maria Smith
1874 – 1972
Iowa
Flora Smith
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Stella Smith
1874 – 1967
Iowa
Harris Smith
1874 – 1966
Iowa
Fanny Smith
1874 – 1974
Iowa
Margaret Smith
1874 – 1966
Iowa
Jennie F Smith
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Ellen Smith
1874 – 1970
Iowa
Jacob Smith
1874 – 1967
Iowa
Richard Smith
1874 – 1966
Iowa
Mary Smith
1874 – 1971
Iowa
Aaron Smith
1874 – 1971
Iowa
Katherine Smith
1874 – 1973
Iowa
Henery F. Smith
b. 1875
Tennessee
m. Lydia Annie Carlisle
Joseph Smith
1875 – 1965
Iowa
Mary Smith
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Hilma Smith
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Grace Smith
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Etta Smith
1875 – 1975
Iowa
Vallie Smith
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Katie Smith
1875 – 1965
Iowa
Nettie Smith
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Rena Smith
1875 – 1969
Iowa
Will Smith
1875 – 1967
Iowa
John Smith
1875 – 1968
Iowa
Laura Smith
1875 – 1971
Iowa
Oscar Smith
1875 – 1971
Iowa
Frank Smith
1875 – 1969
Iowa
Louise Smith
1875 – 1975
Iowa
Celia Smith
1875 – 1972
Iowa
Bessie Smith
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Byron Smith
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Arthur Smith
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Zebulon F Smith
1875 – 1972
Iowa
Bertha Smith
1875 – 1977
Iowa
Dorothy Clark Smith
d. 1876
Iowa
Lulu Smith
1876 – 1964
Iowa
George Smith
1876 – 1965
Iowa
Arthur Smith
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Katherine Smith
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Frances Smith
1876 – 1970
Iowa
Rose L Smith
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Christian Smith
1876 – 1970
Iowa
Lizzie Smith
1876 – 1968
Iowa
Maude Smith
1876 – 1975
Iowa
Joseph Smith
1876 – 1972
Iowa
William Smith
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Hattie Smith
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Edith Smith
1876 – 1969
Iowa
George Smith
1876 – 1966
Iowa
Benjamin Smith
1876 – 1964
Iowa
Bernard Smith
1876 – 1964
Iowa
Minnie Smith
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Nelson Smith
1876 – 1962
Iowa
Elizabeth E Smith
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Herman Smith
1876 – 1974
Iowa
Ray Smith
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Wilfred Smith
1876 – 1965
Iowa
Lena Smith
1876 – 1982
Iowa
Claude Smith
1876 – 1963
Iowa
Lillian Smith
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Myrtle Smith
1876 – 1977
Iowa
Leota E Smith
1876 – 1965
Iowa
David Smith
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Edley Smith
1876 – 1968
Iowa
Emma Smith
1876 – 1975
Iowa
Israel A. Smith
1876 – 1958
Lamoni
Joseph Smith
1877 – 1971
Iowa
Richard Smith
1877 – 1966
Iowa
Martha Smith
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Helen Smith
1877 – 1969
Iowa
Aaron Smith
1877 – 1980
Iowa
Tom Smith
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Margaret Smith
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Maria Smith
1877 – 1973
Iowa
Newton Smith
1877 – 1969
Iowa
Cora Smith
1877 – 1979
Iowa
Alice Smith
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Dora M Smith
1877 – 1968
Iowa
George Smith
1877 – 1971
Iowa
Julia A Smith
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Robert Smith
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Charles Smith
1877 – 1964
Iowa
Carl Smith
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Carrie Smith
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Harry Smith
1877 – 1952
Iowa
Minnie Smith
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Frances Smith
1877 – 1969
Iowa
Eva Smith
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Christina Smith
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Herbert Smith
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Walter Smith
1877 – 1962
Iowa
May Smith
1877 – 1981
Iowa
Myrtle Smith
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Alva Smith
1877 – 1974
Iowa
Sade Smith
1877 – 1976
Iowa
Mary I Smith
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Evans Smith
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Anna Smith
1877 – 1969
Iowa
Park Smith
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Cleo M Smith
1877 – 1971
Iowa
Ann Smith
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Harlie Smith
1878 – 1964
Iowa
Charles Smith
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Oliver Smith
1878 – 1974
Iowa
L S Smith
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Henry Smith
1878 – 1982
Iowa
Clarence Smith
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Adda Smith
1878 – 1973
Iowa
Annie Smith
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Florence Smith
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Sophia Smith
1878 – 1969
Iowa
Julian Smith
1878 – 1968
Iowa
George W Smith
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Jesse Smith
1878 – 1970
Iowa
George Smith
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Lloyd Smith
1878 – 1965
Iowa
Estelle Smith
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Gertrude C Smith
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Anna K Smith
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Louise Smith
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Lester Smith
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Frank Smith
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Luther Smith
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Grace Smith
1878 – 1974
Iowa
Ida Smith
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Frank Smith
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Albert Smith
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Harry Smith
1878 – 1963
Iowa
John Smith
1878 – 1954
Iowa
Ferry Smith
1878 – 1969
Iowa
Mary E Smith
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Ara Smith
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Perle Smith
1878 – 1964
Iowa
Walter Smith
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Mary Smith
1878 – 1969
Iowa
Elmer Smith
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Oda Smith
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Preeda Smith
1878 – 1975
Iowa
Rose Smith
1878 – 1979
Iowa
Earl Smith
1878 – 1973
Iowa
Minnett Smith
1878 – 1974
Iowa
Leland Seymour Smith
1878 – 1975
Council Bluffs
Elvira M. Smith
d. 1879
New York
m. Mr. Preston
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Common questions

Smith genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Smith surname come from?

Occupational surname for a metalworker or blacksmith — the single most common English-language surname.

How far back does the Smith family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1727. Most Smith lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Smith family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Smith family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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