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Bertha Ann Smith

Bertha Ann Smith

Female 1893 - 1970  (76 years)

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  • Name Bertha Ann Smith  [1] 
    Born 6 Dec 1893  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 6 Jun 1900  Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • 1. Smith, A. Jackson, head, white, male, September 1858, 41, married, married 22 years, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, farmer, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 44
      2. _____, Mary C., wife, white, female, January 1860, 40, married 22 years, 10 children 8 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
      3. _____, Samuel R., son, white, male, November 1881, 18, single, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, not attending school, can read and write
      4. _____, William W., son, white, male, November 1882, 17, single, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, not employed 6 months, can read and write
      5. _____, Eunice, daughter, white, female, October 1884, 15, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months, can read and write
      6. _____, Benjamin, son, white, male, November 1886, 13, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, not employed 9 months, attended school 6 months, can read and write
      7. _____, Mary, daughter, white, female, May 1888, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months, can read and write
      8. _____, Walter, son, white, male, July 1890, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months
      9. _____, Bertha, daughter, white, female, June 1882 [1892], 7, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months
    Census 8 May 1910  Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • 1. Allen, Luther, head, male, white, 21, first marriage, married 1 year, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, home farm, own account, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 185
      2. _____, Bertha, wife, female, white, 16, first marriage, married 1 year, 0 children, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, can read and write
    Census 15 Jan 1920  Liberal (Payne St.), Ozark township, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • 1. Provence, Wm Roy, head, renting, male, white, 21, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, section hand, railroad Missouri Pacific
      2. _____, Bertha Ann, wife, female, white, 26, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
      3. _____, Freddie, son, male, white, 6, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      4. _____, Kathryn, daughter, female, white, 3 years 9 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

      [Freddie's and Kathryn's surname was actually Allen; they were the children of Bertha's first husband, Luther Allen.]
    Census 19 Jun 1930  Madison (Fourth St.), Nameoki township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 1. Provence, William, head, renting, $16, has radio set, not a farm, male, white, 30, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, truck driver, coal company, not a veteran
      2. _____, Bertha, female, white, 36, married, first married age 25, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
      3. Allen, Fred, stepson, male, white, 16, not attending school, can read and write, no occupation, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
      4. _____, Catherine, stepdaughter, female, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
      5. Provence, Mary N., female, white, 9, attending school, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
      6. _____, William, son, male, white, 7, attending school, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
      7. _____, Jack, son, male, white, 3 years 10 months, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
      8. _____, Dorothy, daughter, female, white, 2 years 3 months, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
      [Problems with this census: 1) Bertha was first married at age 16 to Luther Allen, not at age 25, though she was about that age when she married William Provence and 2) Fred and Catherine's father was born in Missouri, not Illinois (as their stepfather was).]
    Residence Aug 1950  Granite City, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    The 1950 obituary of her sister Alice A. (Smith) Brooks names her as "Mrs. Bertha Province" of Granite City, Illinois. 
    Died 2 Jul 1970  [7] 
    • A number of internet sources offer Bertha's death date as 2 July 1970, but no further confirmation of this date has yet been obtained.
    Person ID I3464  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2014 

    Father Andrew Jackson Smith,   b. 20 Sep 1858, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1940, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Mary Carolina "Molly" Walker,   b. 29 Jan 1860, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1920, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1878  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 9, 10] 
    Family ID F1174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Luther Allen,   b. 11 Apr 1889, Miller County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1916, Burge Deacon's Hospital, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 14 Mar 1909  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11] 
    • Digital image of marriage license and return difficult to read. It is certainly March 1909, and probably the fourteenth--definitely something ending in "eenth."
    Children 
     1. Fred Allen,   b. Abt 1914, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Catherine Allen,   b. Abt 1916, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Roy Provence,   b. 26 Apr 1900, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1969, Hartshorn County, Texas County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married Abt 1919  [4, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Mary N. Provence,   b. Abt 1921, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Provence,   b. Abt 1923, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Jack Provence,   b. ab 1926, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Dorothy Provence,   b. Abt 1928, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F1234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Alta A. Dayton, Record of the Posterity of Samuel Harrison Smith and Caroline Mooney Smith and Mary Ellen Batman Smith (Publisher: [N. p.], 1957).

    2. [S2713] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 3B (penned), p. 25 (stamped, verso), dwelling 53, household 54, A. Jackson Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.

    3. [S2773] 1910 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 16B, p. 110 (stamped, verso), dwelling 203, family 203, Luther Allen household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 784.

    4. [S2777] 1920 U.S. census, Barton County, Missouri, population schedule, Ozark township, Liberal (Payne St.), enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 10B (penned), p. 239, (stamped, verso), dwelling 266, family 266, Wm Roy Provence household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 902.

    5. [S2778] 1930 U.S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Madison (1931 Fourth St.), Nameoki township, enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 10B, p. 10 (stamped, verso), dwelling [not stated], family [not stated], William Provence household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 541.

    6. [S4284] “Alice A. Brooks,” Liberal (Missouri) News, 10 August 1950, p.1, col. 4; [likely reel no. 26584], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.

    7. [S339] Bonnie Compton (1014 E. 7th St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, email tcompton2@cox.net), telephone interview, spring 2007, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding her ancestor, Helton Alanson Walker, his siblings, and his descendants, including daughter Myrtle Annis Walker (Bonnie's mother).

    8. [S2717] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1978]: 17, A. J. Smith-Mary Walker, 17 January 1878; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 August 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

    9. [S2709] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 25 (penned), p. 469 (stamped, recto), dwelling 200, family 200, A. Jackson Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691; FHL film no. 1,254,691.

    10. [S4372] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book C:17, A. J. Smith-Mary Walker, 1878, certificate and return; Recorder's Office, West Plains.

    11. [S2774] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage book [no. not stated]: 284, for Luther Allen-Bertha Smith (1909); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.


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