Harry Smith1

(about 1898 - 1945)
Charts on which this person appears:
Leeson Smith, Sr. Descendants Chart
     Harry Smith was born about 1898.2

Harry married Sadie Elizabeth Smith in 1918 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. She was the daughter of John Smith and Sarah Louisa Minger.1,3,4

Harry appeared in the Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, US census of January, 1920 as head of household. He was recorded as a laborer, 22 years old.. The household also included Sadie, his wife. Due to the poor quality of the census image, birth locations were difficult to read. She was recorded as being 23 years old. (Other sources indicate that she was actually 25 years old.) Two children were living at home. Sadie's daughter, Gwendolyn age 3, was recorded as Harry's daughter, but other research indicates that she may have been his step-daughter. Their son, John, was less than a year old.2

Harry died in 1945.4

Children of Harry Smith and Sadie Elizabeth Smith

Citations

  1. [S36] Interview with Darlene Julson (Dubuque, IA), by Susan Noyes, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
  2. [S130] 1920 US Census, 1920 Indiana, Lake, Crown Point, Center Township; Series: T625 Roll: 444 Page: 82.
  3. [S62] Grace Donnan, Myrna Eberhardt, Jerry Eberhardt, "Jerry Eberhardt's Compilation of Family History Notes", Three generations of researchers (Garnavillo, Iowa). Hereinafter cited as "Jerry Eberhardt's Family History Collection."
  4. [S202] Obit, Unidentified Newspaper Clipping , (from Jerry Eberhardt's Family History Collection).
 


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