Elmira E. (Sibley) Smith (1858 - 1940)

Born 5 Apr 1858 in Maine, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Francis M. Lunt — married 1 Jun 1878 in Enfield, Penobscot, Maine, USA

Wife of Ethan Sprague Smith — married 2 Apr 1916 in Harmony, Somerset, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Jan 1940 at age 81 in Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, USA

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Biography

Elmira was born in 1858. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Sibley and Mary Douglas.

Myra 1st married Frank Lunt on Jun 1, 1878 in Penobscot County, Maine.^[1] and 2nd Ethan Smith on Apr 2, 1916 in Harmony, Maine.^[2]

She passed away in 1940^[3] and is buried at Mount Repose Cemetery Burlington, Maine.^[4]

Obituary

MRS. MYRA SMITH; BURLINGTON, Jan. 29 - Mrs. Myra Smith, 82, died here Sunday at the home of her brother, after a long illness. She was survived by two sons, Charles M. Lunt of Houlton, and Howard Lunt, formerly of Houlton, but now resident in Reading, Mass., by two sisters, Mrs. Alma Littlefield of Exeter, and Mrs. Mae Miller of Providence, R.I.; by two brothers, George and William Sibley of this town; and by two grandchildren, the Misses Dorothy and Ferne Lunt, of Houlton. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock in Barton's funeral parlors in Lincoln.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XL-ZZJ : 4 December 2014), Frank M. Lunt and Elmira E. Sibley, 01 Jun 1878; citing ,Penobscot,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 11,950.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-7HMJ : 6 October 2016), E S Smith and Myra Lennt, 1916.
3. ↑ Obituary: Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Tuesday, January 30, 1940, page 17
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #62144062 has photo

See also

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DY-WN2 : accessed 12 May 2016), Mary Laley in household of Jeremiah Laley, Maine, United States; citing p. 3, family 17, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,054.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ9-71T : 14 July 2016), Elmira Lunt in household of Bray H Lunt, Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 425B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0486; FHL microfilm 1,254,486.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJH-LVD : 27 November 2014), E S Smith and Myra Sibley, 02 Apr 1916; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNN-CMB : 27 November 2014), E S Smith and Myra Lunt, 02 Apr 1916; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-YW59 : 30 October 2014), Myra E Lunt, 1940; citing Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States, Mt Repose Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,082.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3F-D4H : 29 October 2015), Myra Lunt in household of Norman B Brown, Patten, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 183, sheet 10B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,558.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF89-XRD : 14 December 2015), Myra E Smith in household of Ethan S Smith, Hartland, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,648.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV24-HYLT : 11 July 2016), Elmira E. Sibley Lunt, 1940; Burial, Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States of America, Mount Repose Cemetery; citing record ID 62144062, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• James Scarborough Sibley, compiler, The Sibley Family In America 1629-1972, Second Edition, With data added to 1982, Two Volumes, (Midlothian, Texas: Privately printed, 1982), 2: 956.