The smead Surname
smead Name Meaning and History
English: possibly from Middle English smethe ‘smooth’, hence
a topographic name for someone who lived on a piece of smooth, level
ground, or a nickname from the same word used in a transferred sense
for someone of an amiable disposition. Alternatively, it could be a
topographic or metonymic occupational name from Old English
smiððe, smeðe ‘smithy’, or a habitational name
from a place named with this word, as for example Smeeth in Kent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Smead's in South Arkansas | Donis Smead | 13 |
| Almeda Smead (1803-1846 NY) |
Stephen Butler
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| Edward Smead |
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| Walter A. Smead | Kathleen Smead | 2 |
| Obituary: Wallace W. Smead |
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| Emeline Smead marries James Eldred in 1851 |
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| Elizabeth, Harry, Mary and John Smead |
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| Smead, Beulah |
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