Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1896 — forms of the Name "Smith." [ARTICLE]

forms of the Name "Smith."

There are families—some of you may know them—named Taillefer, Tolliver, Tollfer, Telfair. Now what would you say if I told you all these were only in good, pain English—Smith? It is a tiact, nevertheless. Taillefer is derived from the French, and the others are only contractions of that word, or changes made by mispronunciation and custom. Tiilller fer means to shape or fashion iron; and who shapes iron but a smith? So a taille-fer was, after all, a smithy, or Smith. There are forty-seven Chinese temples in America.