Kirkby Settlers in United States in the 18th Century. John Kirkby, his wife Anne and two children, settled in New York State in 1774
Smoergasbord smÃ¸rgÃ¥sbord origins From sweden and goes back to 17th.  Century smoer smÃ¸r; means butter gas; gÃ¥s means goos.  Bord means table all together it-means a â¦ buffet style ta ble with  multiple hot and cold dishes. Of various foods Was introduced to  Americans At The New york world. fair in 1939
Did You Know? The fragile, airy quality of things evanescent reflects the etymology of the word evanescent itself. Given the similarity in spelling between the two words, you might expect evaporate to come from the same Latin root, but it actually grew out of another steamy Latin root, evaporare.