Shoesmith Family History
Shoesmith Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses (a farrier) or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes such as the tips of spades and the plowshares on plow moldboards from Middle English sho ‘shoe’ (Old English scōh) + smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022