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Smith, Roy Clark

Birth Name Smith, Roy Clark
Also Known As Smith, Leroy
Gramps ID I1149
Gender male
Age at Death 76 years, 6 months, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1882-04-24 Roanoke, Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Event Note

His obituary gives his birthplace as Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana.

Occupation     Car Inspector, Erie R.R.
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Census 1900 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1910 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1920 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1930 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1940 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Death 1958-11-07 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Burial   Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington 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
         Smith, Roy Clark [I1149] 1882-04-24 1958-11-07
    Sister     Smith, Lucille K. [I1148] 1886-07-12 1972

Families

    Family of Smith, Roy Clark and Haney, Hattie Elvira [F1252]
Married Wife Haney, Hattie Elvira [I3976] ( * 1883 + 1924 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1903-01-24 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Smith, Viola Grace [I3994]1905-12-261990
Smith, Olive May [I3995]1907-10-191980
Smith, Dale Roy [I3996]1909-11-021978-09-06
    Family of Smith, Roy Clark and Eddy, Bertha O. [F1253]
Married Wife Eddy, Bertha O. [I3977] ( * 1882-05-02 + 1952 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1926-06-25 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Narrative

Note: Roy Clark Smith and family

Roy and his first wife, Kansas-born Hattie Elvira Haney, married in 1903; they would go on to have only three surviving children, daughters Viola Grace and Olive May, and son Dale Roy, all born before 1910. Both Roy and Hattie came from farming families resident in the rural parts of the county, but Roy's livelihood came as a car inspector for the Erie Railroad and the couple made their home in the city of Huntington, Huntington Cty, Indiana.

Hattie died sometime in 1924, and in Roy remarried in mid-1926 to Bertha Eddy. This seems to have scattered his children somewhat - his oldest daughter, Viola, appears to have eloped to Michigan to marry prior to her mother's death, already four months pregnant, but the younger two, Olive and Dale, were living in their father's home at least as late as 1920, and likely afterwards. At his marriage to Bertha, Olive and Dale would have been about eighteen and sixteen, and even as late as 1930 they would have been only in their early-to-mid twenties, but they aren't counted in Roy's household in the 1930 US census. I had initially wondered if they might have gone to live with grandparents after their mother's death and their father's remarriage, but this might not have been an option for them - both of their grandfathers were already deceased (Jeremiah Smith in 1920, Edward Haney in 1910), and while I can't confirm the whereabouts of their grandmother Melvina (Noe) Haney in 1930, their grandmother Rebecca (DeWitt) Smith was living with her oldest daughter Rosanna (Smith) Thomas (Olive and Dale's aunt, and my second-great-grandmother) when she died in 1926, and I've found no reference in any of the family history files to indicate that any of Roy's children lived there, as well.

Whether there was any conflict between Roy's children and his second wife is unknown at this time; while possible, following on the death of their mother, it's also equally likely based on my findings thus far that Olive and Dale had simply reached the age to strike out and start their own lives as young adults by the time of the 1930 US Census.

Olive married Kermit Funderburg in the late 1920s, and had four daughters. She and Kermit were counted in the 1930 and 1940 US Censuses as living with their children in Huntington, and spent their later years in Florida, though at least some of their children and grandchildren would remain in Indiana.

Dale married in 1938 to Evelyn Dush, and was counted in the 1940 US Census in the nearby city of Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana; he appears to have lived in Indiana until his death in 1978, and his obituary clipping from 1978 names no children as survivors or preceding him in death. (Evelyn's obituary does not mention any children, either.)

As previously mentioned, Viola (Roy's oldest daughter), had married in St. Joseph, Berrien Cty, Michigan in July 1923, with her mother's death coming sometime in the following year. Viola's first child, Violet Bernice, was born just over four months after the wedding, and would be followed over the next twenty years by at least six siblings. Viola, and many of her children and grandchildren, would go on to make their home in the greater Fort Wayne area.

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
        1. Haney, Hattie Elvira [I3976]
          1. Smith, Viola Grace [I3994]
          2. Smith, Olive May [I3995]
          3. Smith, Dale Roy [I3996]
        2. Eddy, Bertha O. [I3977]
      6. Smith, Lucille K. [I1148]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 [S0069]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXNX-C5X : accessed 27 December 2014), Roy C Smith and Bertha O Eddy, 25 Jun 1926; citing , Huntington, , county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,295,253.

      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXJQ-2NB : accessed 27 December 2014), Roy C Smith and Hattie Haney, 24 Jan 1903; citing , Huntington, , county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,321,238.

  2. Huntington Herald-Press (Indiana) [S0007]
      • Date: 1958-11-07
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Copy from the files of the Huntington County Public Library.

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

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKPS-SVS : accessed 27 December 2014), Roy Smith, Huntington Ward 4, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 10B, family 234, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,374,369.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Huntington Ward 4, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Roy Smith Head M 28 Indiana
        Hattie E Smith Wife F 26 Kansas
        Viola Grace Smith Daughter F 4 Indiana
        Olive N Smith Daughter F 2 Indiana
        Dale K Smith Son M 0 Indiana

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

        "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF7V-MG5 : accessed 27 December 2014), Roy C Smith, Huntington Ward 3, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,820,437.

        Event Year: 1920
        Event Place: Huntington Ward 3, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Roy C Smith Head M 37 Indiana
        Hattie E Smith Wife F 36 Kansas
        Viola G Smith Daughter F 14 Indiana
        Olive M Smith Daughter F 12 Indiana
        Dale E Smith Son M 10 Indiana

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

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHMY-HH5 : accessed 27 December 2014), Roy C Smith, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0008, sheet 8A, family 180, line 38, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 593; FHL microfilm 2,340,328.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Roy C Smith Head M 48 Indiana
        Bertha O Smith Wife F 48 Ohio

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

        "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1TD-382 : accessed 27 December 2014), Roy C Smith, Ward 4, Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-10, sheet 4B, family 93, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1055, NARA digital publication of T627, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Ward 4, Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Roy C Smith Head M 57 Indiana
        Bertha Smith Wife F 57 Indiana

  7. 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