Researching George Smart
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13636 people with the Smart surname? In that year Smart was ranked number 288 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Smart on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Smart and the Smart Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Smart Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Smart family tree.
Look at Parish Records for George Smart at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of George Smart using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about George Smart.
Research the Smart surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Smart Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 17605 people with the Smart surname in the UK? Smart is now ranked number 307 for popularity in the UK. |
Smart Family History Databases
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Find George Smart from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Smart Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 33421 people with the Smart surname in the USA? Smart is ranked number 146 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Smart Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on George Smart. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Smart
George Thomas Smart
Sir George Thomas Smart (10 May 1776 – 23 February 1867) was an English musician.
Smart was born in London, his father being a music-seller. He was a choir-boy at the Chapel Royal, and was educated in music, becoming an expert violinist, organist, teacher of singing and conductor. He taught for many years at the Royal Academy of Music where his notable pupils included Elizabeth Greenfield, John Orlando Parry, Mary Shaw, and Willoughby Weiss. In 1811 he was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, having conducted a number of successful concerts in Dublin. On 1 April 1822 he was appointed organist at the Chapel Royal.
From that time onwards, Sir George Smart was one of the chief musical leaders and organizers in England, directing the music for the opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851, conducting at the Royal Philharmonic Society, Covent Garden, the provincial festivals, etc., and in 1838 being appointed composer to the Chapel Royal. He was a master of the Handelian traditions, was personally acquainted with Beethoven and a close friend of Weber, who died in his house. Some of his church music and glees became well-known. He died in London and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
His brother Henry (1778–1823), father of the composer Henry Smart, was a well-known violinist.
Smart wrote a journal, Leaves from the Journals of Sir George Smart, that was published in 1907.
Source: George Thomas Smart, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeorge Smart (tailor)
George Smart (1774-1846) was an English tailor and Folk Artist notable for his cloth collage portraits and felt covered dummyboards. He lived in Frant, a village in East Sussex, England. His artworks were mentioned in several guidebooks of the time that encouraged tourists to visit his shop. His most notable subjects were Old Bright, the local postman and The Goosewoman. The Tunbridge Wells Museum owns ten examples of his work and Compton Verney Art Gallery in Warwickshire has two pictures.
In the summer of 2014, twenty one artworks by George Smart were included in Tate Britain's "British Folk Art" exhibition, the first time his work had been gathered together in a major gallery and in such quantity. These included all the examples of his work owned by the Tunbridge Wells Museum, Kent.
Until recently he has mostly been the subject of a few paragraphs in Folk art compendiums, but is now recognised as one of the key figures within the history of English Folk Art. Unusually for a Folk Artist, he is the known creator of around 100 works
The first monograph on Smart called, George Smart: The Tailor of Frant, Artist in Cloth & Velvet Figures was published in the UK in March 2016. A website devoted to the life and work of George Smart, The Tailor of Frant is now available here: georgesmartfrant.wordpress.com
Source: George Smart (tailor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Smart
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