Smith, Gerald Burdette

Birth Name Smith, Gerald Burdette
Gramps ID I5369
Gender male
Age at Death 83 years, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1917-01-17 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a 2a
Census 1920 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1930 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Death 2000-01-31    
2a
Burial   Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster 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, Chester Ray [I5318]1895-09-011959
Mother Heaston, Edna Winifred [I5366]1897-05-311984-01-17
         Smith, Gerald Burdette [I5369] 1917-01-17 2000-01-31
    Brother     Smith, Elois Ray [I5370]
    Brother     Smith, Richard M. [I5371] 1921-07-15 1998-01-10
    Brother     Smith, Leo H. [I5372]
    Brother     Smith, Frederick L. [I5373] 1925-12-30 1999-11-23
    Sister     Smith, Marjorie Eileen [I2531]

Families

    Family of Smith, Gerald Burdette and Rittenhouse, Naomi Edna [F1736]
Married Wife Rittenhouse, Naomi Edna [I5375] ( * 1920-06-01 + 2000-06-11 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1938-01-30 Delaware Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a

Narrative

Both Gerald and his wife Naomi have different years reported for their birthdates on their marriage record than they do on their headstone or on their US Social Security Death Index files; the month and day agree in each case, but they reported birth years of 1916 and 1919, respectively, instead of 1917 and 1920. I don't know if this was simply a record-keeping error, or if they "fibbed" on their marriage license so as to appear age twenty-two and eighteen, rather than twenty-one and seventeen.

I have not yet found their listing in the 1940 US Census, nor have I determined if they had any children.

Pedigree

  1. Smith, Chester Ray [I5318]
    1. Heaston, Edna Winifred [I5366]
      1. Smith, Marjorie Eileen [I2531]
      2. Smith, Elois Ray [I5370]
      3. Smith, Leo H. [I5372]
      4. Smith, Gerald Burdette
        1. Rittenhouse, Naomi Edna [I5375]
      5. Smith, Richard M. [I5371]
      6. Smith, Frederick L. [I5373]

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:XXTZ-SJK : accessed 18 December 2015), Chester R Smith in entry for Gerald Burdette Smith and Noami Edna Rittenhouse, 30 Jan 1938; citing , Delaware, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,069,554.

  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:J2TN-TZS : accessed 18 December 2015), Gerald B Smith, 31 Jan 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF7J-KN7 : accessed 18 December 2015), Chester R Smith, Huntington Ward 3, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,437.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Huntington Ward 3, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Chester R Smith Head M 25 Indiana
        Edna W Smith Wife F 22 Indiana
        Gerald B Smith Son M 2 Indiana
        Elois R Smith Son M 0 Indiana

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

        "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMT-138 : accessed 18 December 2015), Chester R Smith, 1930.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Chester R Smith Head M 34 Indiana
        Edna W Smith Wife F 32 Indiana
        Gerald B Smith Son M 13 Indiana
        Elois R Smith Son M 10 Indiana
        Richard M Smith Son M 8 Indiana
        Leo H Smith Son M 6 Indiana
        Frederick L Smith Son M 4 Indiana