Charles W. Smith
(1843-1921)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frances Jenett Owston

Charles W. Smith 1 3 4 5

  • Born: 9 Aug 1843, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Frances Jenett Owston in Feb 1909 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 2
  • Died: 4 May 1921, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA at age 77 4 5
  • Buried: 7 May 1921, Pittsburgh: Highwood Cemetery, Allegheny, PA, USA 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: LK75-PWZ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 6 The 1910 census recorded renting at 104 Arlington Avenue: Chas. W. Smith, saloon keeper, 66, living with wife "Mrs. Chas. W. Smith," 58; and granddaughters Viola Beecher, 13, and Mabel Alberts, 7. They were married for 1 year, Chas. was previously married. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except his wife's father was from England.

2. Cause of Death: endocarditis, 4 May 1921, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 5

3. Residence: 523 W. Lacock, Pittsburgh, PA on 4 May 1921 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 5


Charles married Frances Jenett Owston, daughter of John Gillon Owston and Martha Newton French, in Feb 1909 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA.1 2 (Frances Jenett Owston was born on 13 Jul 1852 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, PA,1 7 8 9 died on 17 Dec 1943 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 8 10 and was buried on 20 Dec 1943 in Pittsburgh: South Side Cemetery, Allegheny, PA 1 8.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133439430.

2 Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, PA), 14 Feb 1909, page 24.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 119866. Frances Beecher Smith. Father John Owston. Mother Martha French. Informant Mrs. Viola Hallam.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100735931.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 45225. Charles W. Smith, widowed. Father Philip Smith. Mother Susan Heep.

6 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGWM-KRH Chas W Smith, Pittsburgh Ward 18, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 522, sheet 16A, family 334.

7 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, McClure Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1294 Page: 129.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 119866. Frances Beecher Smith. Father John Owston. Mother Martha French.

9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Births, 1852-1854 (Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives,), Pennsylvania State Archives; Reel Number: 668. Frances Ownston, father John G. Ownston, mother Martha N. French.

10 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), 18 Dec 1943, page 20, obituary of Frances Beecher Smith.



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