Peter Smith Jr.
(1786-1868)
Catherine Zettelmeyer
(1793-1864)
Daniel Riegel Sr.
(1801-1881)
Maria Magdelina Fisher
(1804-1876)
Elias Smith
(1833-1904)
Catherine Riegel
(1842-1921)
Lydia Ann Smith
(1860-1926)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cornelius George Fauber

Lydia Ann Smith 2 3

  • Born: 10 Oct 1860, West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Cornelius George Fauber on 23 Feb 1901 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA 1
  • Died: 13 Apr 1926, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA at age 65 3
  • Buried: 16 Apr 1924, Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 3

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 4 The 1870 census recorded in Shenandoah City: Elias Smith, blacksmith, age 40, living with wife Catharine, 29; Lizzie, 10; Pracilla, 11; and Lydia, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Elias' real estate was valued at $1,500 and personal estate $500. Elias and Catharine cannot read or write.

2. Census in 1880 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 5 Elias Smith, blacksmith, 47, was living with wife Catherine, 38; daughter Lydia, 19; son Calvin A. Smith, 4; and daughter Burleight I. Smith, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 6 Elias Smith, day laborer, age 66 born Dec 1833, was living at 443 N. Sixth Street in Lebanon. With him are wife Catherine, 57, born May 1843; daughter Lydia A., hemstitcher, 39, born Oct 1860; daughtger Irene, hemstitcher, 22, born Oct 1877; and son Claude I., day laborer, 18, born May 1882. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Catherine has given birth to 12 children, and 5 were alive in 1900.

4. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Smith's Easter Reunion., 13 Apr 1903, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 7 SMITHS' EASTER REUNION.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith Have Descendants With Them.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith, of 443 North Sixth street, spent a joyous Easter with their children and grand-children, the occasion being a family reunion. Not in twenty-five years had all the children and their children been at home at the same time and Sunday was a happy one for all. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Smith there were present: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Snyder, Mayd, Bertha, Blanche, Elias and William Snyder, Allentown; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Witman, Harvey and Clark Witman, Pottstown; Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fauber, Alice Fauber, this city; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith, Russel, Lester and Miriam Smith, this city, Miss Irene Smith and Claud Smith, this city.

5. Cause of Death: acute cardiac dilatation, found dead on couch after complaining of abdominal distension, 13 Apr 1926, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 3

6. Residence: 1910 W. Walnut St., Lebanon, PA on 13 Apr 1926 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 3


Lydia married Cornelius George Fauber, son of Henry Fauber and Sarah Fisher, on 23 Feb 1901 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.1 (Cornelius George Fauber was born on 31 Aug 1844 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA,1 8 9 10 died on 5 Sep 1913 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA 9 10 and was buried on 9 Sep 1913 in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 9 10.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFM9-BJN C. G. Fauber and L. A. Smith, 1901.

2 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Shenandoah City, Visit 118.

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.), Certificate 46548. Mrs. Lydia A. Fauber. Father Elias Smith. Mother Catherine Reigle.

4 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ28-73Y Elias Smith, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 15, family 118.

5 1880 United States Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWV4-FF5 Elias Smith, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; citing sheet 8A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1192.

6 1900 United States Census, FamilySearch.org(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M33P-3S4 Elias Smith, ED 129 West Precinct Lebanon city Ward 5, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 204, NARA.

7 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 13 Apr 1903, page 4. Smith's Easter Reunion.

8 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWNS-R3Q Catharine Fauber in entry for Cornelius Fauber, 1880.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11626038.

10 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 90011. Cornelius George Fauber. Father Henry Fauber. Mother Sarah Fisher.



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