Armand Armstrong Smith (1891 - 1972)

Born 12 Apr 1891 in Winona, Saltfleet, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Evelyn Hannah (Gibson) Smith — married 20 Mar 1916 in Lincoln, Ontario

Died 1972 at about age 80 in Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Armand Armstrong Smith, born in 1891, was the eldest son of politician and E.D. Smith and Sons founder Ernest Smith and Christina Armstrong. ^[1][2] He married Evelyn Hannah Gibson in 1916.^[3]

During World War One, he signed up with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1915 after serving with the 77th Wentworth Militia Unit and the 20th Overseas Battalion, attaining the rank of major. He had been working at E.D. Smith and listed his occupation as "manufacturer, etc., etc."^[4]

He is buried in Stoney Creek Cemetery. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM7D-TS6 : 10 August 2017), Armand Arnist... Smith, 12 Apr 1891; citing Birth, Saltfleet Twp., Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,446.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHG1-D5Q : 27 April 2017), Armand Smith in household of Christina Smith, Wentworth (south/sud), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 9, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:278F-2NS : 10 April 2015), Armand Armstrong Smith and Evelyn Hannah Gibson, 20 Mar 1916; citing registration , Beamsville, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,079,662.
4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, First World War, Personnel Records
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #184163251