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Smith, Rosanna

Also Known As Smith, Rosanna
Also Known As Smith, Rose Anna
Also Known As Smith, Rosa A.
Gramps ID I0768
Gender female
Age at Death 76 years, 9 months

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1871-04-17 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1880 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1900 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1910 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1920 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1930 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1940 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Death 1948-01-17 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Burial   Hoverstock Cemetery, Zanesville, Wells 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
         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
    Sister     Smith, Lucille K. [I1148] 1886-07-12 1972

Families

    Family of Thomas, Lewis S. and Smith, Rosanna [F0245]
Married Husband Thomas, Lewis S. [I0767] ( * 1868-02-02 + 1947-01-27 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1890-01-23 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Event Note

The wedding of Lewis Sampson Thomas and Rosa A. Smith was officiated by D.F. Thomas; this is almost certainly his grandfather David F. Thomas, who was a minister.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Thomas [I0970]18901890
Thomas, Merle Bell [I0485]1891-11-181985-10-22
Thomas, Floyd Sr. [I0009]1898-11-071974-06-29

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Narrative

Note: Spelling Rosanna Thomas' name

On her gravestone, and on some Thomas family documentation, her name is given as "Rosanna." In some family documents, her middle name is sometimes "Ann" instead of "Anna." On the record of her marriage to Lewis S. Thomas, her name is given as "Rosa A. Smith." In the article on her husband's father's family (Sampson Monroe Thomas) in the Wells County, Indiana Family History 1837-1992, her name is given as Rose Anna.

ADDENDUM: I've since found a few items signed by her, including books she owned to which she noted her name inside the front cover - and she was quite consistent in signing her name "Rosa A. Thomas," suggesting that her birthname was likely Rosa Anna Smith. The shortening to "Rosanna" was likely a family colloquialism that stuck.

Narrative

[Obituary for Rosanna Thomas; paper unknown, presumably the Huntington Herald-Press, hand-written date of 23 Jan 1948 on the clipping.]

[headline] Mrs. L.S. Thomas Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Rosanna Thomas, 76, widow of Lewis S. Thomas, died at 7:40 p.m. Saturday at her home in Union township, South of Roanoke, after a serious illness of several days.

She was born April 17, 1871, in Union township, to Jeremiah and Rebecca DeWitt Smith. She married Lewis S. Thomas January 23, 1890. He died January 27, 1947.

Surviving are a son, Floyd Thomas, Sr., Union township; a daughter, Mrs. Charles M. Paul, Huntington; two brothers, Roy Smith of Huntington, and George Smith of Lafayette township, Allen county; a sister, Mrs. J.E. Mason, Lima, O.; seven grandchildren, Floyd Thomas Jr., Jane Ann, Dean, Robert and John Phillip Thomas and Lynn Edwin and Rosalou Paul and two great-grandchildren, David Michael and Floyd Joseph Thomas.

Mrs. Thomas had lived on the Union Center Road for about 56 years.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the family residence with the Rev. R.G. Bealer of Huntington, pastor of the Union Church of God of which she was a member, officiating. He was assisted by the Rev. M.I. Burkholder and Bishop Albert M. Johnson, both of Huntington. Interment was in the Haverstock [sic] cemetery, Zanesville.

Pedigree

  1. Smith, Jeremiah W. [I0769]
    1. DeWitt, Rebecca Ann [I0026]
      1. Smith, Etta Viola [I3973]
      2. Smith, Rosanna
        1. Thomas, Lewis S. [I0767]
          1. Thomas [I0970]
          2. Thomas, Merle Bell [I0485]
          3. Thomas, Floyd Sr. [I0009]
      3. Smith, George Henry [I1473]
      4. Smith, Susan E. [I1150]
      5. Smith, Roy Clark [I1149]
      6. Smith, Lucille K. [I1148]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Franklin Harry Bayha: Thomas/Bayha family tree chart [S0008]
      • Date: 1973-11-12
      • Citation:

        Compiled by Franklin Harry Bayha and Jane Anne Thomas, 12 Nov 1973.

  2. [3rd unknown Indiana paper] [S0102]
      • Date: 1948-01-23
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Clipping from the files of Jane Anne Thomas; paper is unknown, but presumed to be the Huntington Herald-Press. A hand-written date below the headline appears as 23 January 1948.

  3. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880-06-02
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH9H-Y6R : accessed 27 December 2014), Rebecca A Smith in household of Jereman W Smith, Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States, 196; citing sheet 556B, film number 0285, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,254,285.

        Event Year: 1880
        Event Place: Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Jereman W Smith Self M 34 Ohio, United States
        Etta V Smith Daughter F 10 Indiana, United States
        Rosanna Smith Daughter F 9 Indiana, United States
        George H Smith Son M 5 Indiana, United States
        Susan E Smith Daughter F 4 Indiana, United States
        William Suttlemyer Other M 20 Indiana, United States
        Rebecca A Smith Wife F 32 Indiana, United States

  4. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900-06-12
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1T-WGV : accessed 8 September 2017), Lewis Thomas, Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90, sheet 7B, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,378.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Lewis Thomas Head M 31 Indiana
        Rosa A Thomas Wife F 29 Indiana
        Merlie B Thomas Daughter F 10 Indiana
        Floyd Thomas Son M 2 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-04-15
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKPS-BSN : accessed 13 Nov 2014), Floyd Thomas in household of Lewis S Thomas, Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet 7A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1374369.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Lewis S Thomas Head M 42 Indiana
        Rose Thomas Wife F 38 Indiana
        Merle B Thomas Daughter F 18 Indiana
        Floyd Thomas Son M 11 Indiana
        Keith Thomas Nephew M 0 Indiana

  6. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-07
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF7V-N6Q : accessed 13 Nov 2014), Floyd Thomas in household of Lewis S Thomas, Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1820437.

        Event Year: 1920
        Event Place: Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Lewis S Thomas Head M 51 Indiana
        Rosanna Thomas Wife F 48 Indiana
        Floyd Thomas Son M 21 Indiana

  7. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930-04-04
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHMB-MV2 : accessed 14 Nov 2014), Lewis S Thomas, Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0024, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T626, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2340329.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Union, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Lewis S Thomas Head M 62 Indiana
        Rose Thomas Wife F 58 Indiana

  8. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940-04-25
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1TD-GP4 : accessed 20 December 2017), Lewis S Thomas, Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-28, sheet 8B, line 71, family 170, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1055.

        Event Year: 1940
        Event Place: Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Lewis S Thomas Head M 71 Indiana
        Rosan Thomas Wife F 68 Indiana

  9. Wells County, Indiana Family History 1837-1992 [S0034]
      • Page: p580
  10. [2nd unknown Indiana paper] [S0101]
      • Date: 1947-01-31
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Clipping from the files of Jane Anne Thomas; a hand-written date of 31 Jan 1947 is noted under the headline. The paper is unknown, but assumed to be the Huntington Herald-Press.

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

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJ9-J42 : 21 January 2016), Lewis Thomas and Rosa A Smith, 23 Jan 1890; citing Huntington, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,295,249.