This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Alfred E Smith Early Life and Family Roots
The article recounts Alfred E Smith birth at 174 Booth Street New York on December 30 1873 to Alfred and Catherine Smith. It describes the East Side tenement life near Brooklyn Bridge and the immigrant background of Smith and his family emphasizing hard work and frugal conduct shaping his upbringing. It covers his mother’s two trades and the father’s truckman work, early schooling, and Smith’s youth including his time as a firehouse mascot and his first jobs to support the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Smith
Booth Street
Newark
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Alfred Emanuel Smith
Catherine Mulvihill Smith
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Smith
Ireland
Wilson
Mary
John J. Glynn
East River
City of
New York City
Alfred E. Smith
Water Street
Oliver
Dover and
Water Streets
Lower East Side
He'r
Governor Smith
Great Bridge
Young Smith
Engine Company
John Street
Te Cain
Father Grady
Mamaroneck
Manhattan College
Manhattanville
125Th Street
Third Avenue
Chatham Square
Parish of
St. James
Alfred
Baldwin
Fulton
John Feeney & Co
Fulton Market
Boston
Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn
Dunn
St. Augustine's
J. Kean
Church Club
St, Nh