Missouri Family Group Sheet for the David Harp Smith Family
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Submitted by: Virginia Shaw
Email address: <GShaw1234@aol.com>
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Husband: David Harp SMITH
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Birthdate: 28 January 1875
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Death date: 18 November 1913
- Jackson Township, Jasper County, Missouri (1)
Buried: 20 November 1913 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri (1)
Father: Andrew Wright Smith (1839-1919)
Mother: Mary Anna "Annie" Harp (1844-1927)
Marriage: 7 March 1905
Place: Towner, Mchenry County, North Dakota (2, 3)
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Wife: Gertrude Helena BROWN
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Birthdate: 25 October 1876
- Ohio (4, 5)
Death date: 10 January 1934
- Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA (6, 7)
Buried: 11 Jan 1934 - Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA (6)
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Children
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1 M Andrew David Smith
Birthdate: 7 December 1905 - McHenry County, North Dakota (8)
Death date: 7 December 1905 - McHenry County, North Dakota (9)
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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2 F Mary Frances Smith
Birthdate: 17 April 1907 - Carterville, Jasper Co., Missouri
Death date: 16 February 1992 - Lenexa, Johnson Co., Kansas, USA
Buried: February 1992 - Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Albert Victor Van Hee (1904-1991)
Marr. Date: 24 February 1934 - Our Lady Of Good Counsel, Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
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Research Notes (Wife)
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1910 census for MO, Jasper Co., Carterville City, V. 52; ED 59, indicates the above
information, but I had believed Gertrude to have been born in NY. Will need to
investigate. Further research indicates that Gertrude was indeed born in Ohio, but that
she may have been born in 1875 or 1876. More research needed. Her tombstone says 1877.
The record of birth of Gertrude and David's first and second child says that Gertrude
was born in Ohio. So does her death certificate.
Family Bible page says 25 October 1875.
Search in progress to check every Ohio county for any and all Gertrude Browns born
between 1874 and 1877. Should possibly search Braun as well.
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Sources
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1. The Carthage Press, Rheumatism Proves Fatal: David Harp Smith Passes Away
at Home of His Father. (Carolyn Coleman gave me the copy of this clipping
which I believe she received from the Jasper County Historical Society
volunteers.), no page number on clipping. Repository: Carolyn Coleman and
Dave Van Hee, 1511 1584 Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.
2. State of North Dakota, McHenry County Court, Marriage Certificate (7 March
1905; Obtained from Liz Soetaert from among her files of GHBS's belongings.
Gin Shaw holds the original and has framed it with archival safe materials.
Copies have also been made. Contacted the McHenry County courthouse for the
original application and/or the marriage license. They said that the
courthouse burned and the records are no longer available prior to 1907.)
Repository: Liz Soetaert, 5670 China Hill Rd., El Dorado, CA.
3. unknown, Marriage announcement for David Smith and Miss Gertrude Brown
(Gertrude Myers has the clipping, which is not dated and the paper name is
not noted. See Text of Source.) Repository: Gertrude Myers, 10720 Cedar
Niles Cr., Olathe, KS 66061.
4. Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, 1910 Missouri
Federal Census (Enumerated on 25 April 1910.) Repository: Family History
Library, Salt Lake City, UT 84103.
5. McHenry County, North Dakota Courthouse, Marriage License and Certificate
"Long Form" for David Smith and Miss Gertrude Brown, (Dated 7 March 1905) No
certificate of License number is given on the form dated 7 March 1905.
Repository: North Dakota Historical Society - Jim Davis, Reference
Specialist, 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismark, ND 58505-0830.
6. MO State Board of Health, Certificate of Death for Gertrude Smith (Filed 10
January 1934). Repository: Vital Records, 2400 Troost, Suite 1200, Dept.
050, Org. 2000, Kansas City,, Missouri 64106, USA.
7. KC Star/Times, Smith, Mrs. Gertrude (KC Times, 11 January 1934; KC Star 10
Jan 1934
KU reels #483 (Times) and 484, (Star), p. 17
MRN 0269) p.17. Repository: Carolyn Coleman and Dave Van Hee, 1511 1584
Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.
8. North Dakota Department of Health, Bismark, ND, Birth Certificate of Unnamed
Smith (Certificate #133-05-002139; Child is listed as a female, but the
family Bible names this child as male: Andrew David Smith. Birth date is
also one day prior the one listed in the family bible. This information was
filed on 20 April 1906. David Smith is incorrectly listed as being born in
Indiana. Gertrude Brown is listed as being born in Ohio.) Repository:
North Dakota Department of Health, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 301,
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200, US.
9. North Dakota Department of Health, Bismark ND, Certification of Death for
"Unnamed Smith" (Certificate #133-05-000717; Cause of Death: Result of
prolonged labor; Father incorrectly listed as born in Indiana, mother listed
as born in Ohio. Seems as though the mother must've been the person who
reported the information because of this.) Repository: North Dakota
Department of Health, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 301, Bismarck, ND
58505-0200, US.
10. Cleta, To Minnie Annie Smith (Sent to Miss Minnie Annie Smith - 312 Resaca
St., Corpus Christi, TX. Carolyn Coleman sent me a copy of the back of this
postcard, not the front.) Repository: Carolyn Coleman and Dave Van Hee,
1511 1584 Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.
11. May, To Minnie Smith (Relationship of May to Minnie unknown. Carolyn
Coleman sent me a copy of the back of this postcard, not the front.
Postmark is 5 April 1912, Carterville, MO, 7pm.) Repository: Carolyn
Coleman and Dave Van Hee, 1511 1584 Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.