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Smith, Lucille K.

Birth Name Smith, Lucille K.
Gramps ID I1148
Gender female
Age at Death 85 years, 5 months, 20 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1886-07-12 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1900 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1910 Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1920 Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1930 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1940 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Death 1972    
 
Burial   Glenwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Smith, Jeremiah W. [I0769]1846-03-221920-03-19
Mother DeWitt, Rebecca Ann [I0026]1848-10-281926-10-27
    Sister     Smith, Etta Viola [I3973] 1869 1887-05-12
    Sister     Smith, Rosanna [I0768] 1871-04-17 1948-01-17
    Brother     Smith, George Henry [I1473] 1874-09-07 1959-05-14
    Sister     Smith, Susan E. [I1150] 1876 1903-02-11
    Brother     Smith, Roy Clark [I1149] 1882-04-24 1958-11-07
         Smith, Lucille K. [I1148] 1886-07-12 1972

Families

    Family of Chaney, Fred Ray and Smith, Lucille K. [F1793]
Married Husband Chaney, Fred Ray [I5562] ( * 1883-12-14 + 1930-09-22 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1906-02-24 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Chaney, Woneta J. [I5563]1906-12-101994-06-02
    Family of Robinette, Clarence J. and Smith, Lucille K. [F1795]
Married Husband Robinette, Clarence J. [I5567] ( * 1886-09-26 + 1952 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1930-01-08 Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Narrative

Note: Researching Lucille Smith

Lucille, the youngest known daughter of Jeremiah and Rebecca (DeWitt) Smith, was something of a mystery to me; initially, I had only the 1900 US Census record for Jeremiah's household, placing the fourteen-year-old "Celia" (likely a phonetic mistake from her commonly-used nickname of of "Ceal," with her given name often misspelled as "Luceal") with her parents and older brother Roy in Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana.

In the "Smith" collection in the genealogy files of Jane Anne Thomas were photos in an envelope with notes for Fred Chaney and Lucille Smith, which was the first indication I had of a married name for my searches. I quickly found two marriage records for Lucille, each of which specifically named her parents as Jeremiah Smith and Rebecca DeWitt - the first in 1906 to Fred Ray Chaney. She and Fred can be found in the 1910 and 1920 US Censuses living with their daughter Woneta in Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana.

Fred died in September 1930, and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Roanoke, Huntington Cty, Indiana; his obituary (from the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette) is posted to the FindaGrave.com website, and names his daughter as a survivor but does not mention his wife. The supplemental information in the listing indicates he was divorced, which aligns with the January 1930 marriage record for a Lucille Chaney to Clarence J. Robinette in Allen Cty, Indiana and which gives both Lucille and Clarence as previously married. Additionally, the 1930 US Census finds Clarence living in Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana with wife Lucille and step-daughter Woneta.

Clarence and Lucille apparently didn't remain married, either; Clarence died in 1952, and is buried in Jefferson Chapel Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley Cty, Indiana (where his parents are buried). Lucille, meanwhile, is found in the 1940 US Census with the surname Chaney and living with James E. Mason in Fort Wayne, listed as his boarder.

Whether or not Lucille and James ever married is not a resolved question. The two appear to be buried with matching stones in Glenwood Cemetery in Roanoke (James died in 1960, Lucille in 1972), and Lucille's stone gives her name as Lucille K. Mason (with the listing on FindaGrave.com giving her maiden name as "Chaney"). Additionally, her brother George Henry Smith's obituary in 1959 names her "Mrs. Ceal Mason of Lima, Ohio." I have not found any marriage record for the two of them as of yet in either Indiana or Ohio. I find it equally possible that they married as well as that they may never have legally married and presented themselves as such after many years, or even became wed by commonlaw.

Pedigree

  1. Smith, Jeremiah W. [I0769]
    1. DeWitt, Rebecca Ann [I0026]
      1. Smith, Etta Viola [I3973]
      2. Smith, Rosanna [I0768]
      3. Smith, George Henry [I1473]
      4. Smith, Susan E. [I1150]
      5. Smith, Roy Clark [I1149]
      6. Smith, Lucille K.
        1. Chaney, Fred Ray [I5562]
          1. Chaney, Woneta J. [I5563]
        2. Robinette, Clarence J. [I5567]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007 [S0302]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXN6-7P4 : accessed 30 December 2015), Fred R Chaney and Luceal Smith, 1906.

      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJZ-RYF : accessed 30 December 2015), Clarence J Robinett and Lucile K Chaney, 1930.

  2. US Social Security Death Index [S0098]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2TQ-F2J : accessed 30 December 2015), Lucille Mason, Mar 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

  3. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900-06-05
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM1T-C6L : accessed 27 December 2014), Jerry W Smith, Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,240,378.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Jerry W Smith Head M 54 Ohio
        Rebecka Smith Wife F 52 Indiana
        Roy C Smith Son M 18 Indiana
        Celia D Smith Daughter F 14 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKPS-GCV : accessed 30 December 2015), Lucile Chaney in household of Fred Chaney, Jackson, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 98, sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,369.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Jackson, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Fred Chaney Head M 26 Indiana
        Lucile Chaney Wife F 23 Indiana
        Juanita Chaney Daughter F 3 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF7V-MS3 : accessed 30 December 2015), Lucile Chaney in household of Fred R Chaney, Jackson, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,437.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Jackson, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Fred R Chaney Head M 36 Indiana
        Lucile Chaney Wife F 33 Indiana
        Wan... J Chaney Daughter F 13 Indiana

  6. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41V-6Y3 : accessed 30 December 2015), Lucille K Robinett in entry for Clarence J Robinett, 1930.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Clarence J Robinett Head M 43 Indiana
        Lucille K Robinett Wife F 43 Indiana
        J Woneta Chaney Stepdaughter F 23 Indiana

  7. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V11M-W8M : accessed 30 December 2015), Lucille Chaney in household of James E Mason, Ward 8, Fort Wayne, Wayne Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94-69, sheet 15B, family 362, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1117.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Ward 8, Fort Wayne, Wayne Township, Allen, Indiana, United States
        James E Mason Head M 55 Ohio
        Lucille Chaney Lodger F 52 Indiana