Oscar Frommel Smith (1891 - 1950)

Born 25 Oct 1891 in Bath, Beaufort County, North Carolina

Died 4 May 1950 at age 58 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

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Biography

Namesake of Oscar F. Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Sources

• "North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZTN-J6P : 8 December 2014), Oscar Frommel Smith, 25 Oct 1891; citing Bath, North Carolina, reference 310; FHL microfilm 417,567.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST2-RQT : accessed 12 June 2017), Oscar F Smith in household of Joseph Smith, Bath Township Bath town, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 7B, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,182.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8WH-NDS : 22 December 2016), Oscar F. Smith and Ruth Elizabeth Mccloud, 30 Nov 1910; citing Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 260,206.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Z7-C8Y : 12 December 2014), Oscar Frommel Smith, 1917-1918; citing Norfolk County, Virginia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,984,911.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJF5-KGJ : accessed 12 June 2017), Oscar Smith, Washington, Norfolk, Virginia, United States; citing ED 148, sheet 24B, line 70, family 488, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1900; FHL microfilm 1,821,900.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CHRP-9N2 : accessed 12 June 2017), Oscar F Smith, Norfolk, Norfolk (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 14A, line 14, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2470; FHL microfilm 2,342,204.
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRMT-XDX : 5 December 2014), Oscar Smith in entry for Kay Randolph Charles and Annie Marjorie Smith, 21 Apr 1934; citing Norfolk, Va, reference 246; FHL microfilm 2,048,493.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTM7-4HP : accessed 12 June 2017), Oscar F Smith, Area A, Norfolk, Norfolk City Voting Precinct 27, Norfolk City, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 114-124, sheet 1A, line 25, family 7, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4314.
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG3Q-DZ9 : 29 June 2015), Oscar Fromel Smith, 04 May 1950; citing Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, p 10698, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,811.

See Also:

• Memorial on FindaGrave.com, accessed 12 June 2017
  • https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65961480
• Alicia Wittmeyer, What's in a name?, the Virginian-Pilot, 4 May 2009
  • http://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/what-s-in-a-name-oscar-smith-high-school-chesapeake/article_ab484038-3a60-572d-bf36-f756f666f461.html
• Online Biography from Forest Lawn Cemetary in Norfolk, Va
  • http://www.historicforrest.com/HSites/NorfolkVA/forestLawnCemetery/oscarFrommelSmith.html