Helen Jane (Taylor) Smuck (1918 - 2002)

Born 11 Jun 1918 in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lester Devoi Smuck — married 4 Jul 1936 in Buffalo, New York, United States

Died 3 Jun 2002 at age 83 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Helen Jane Taylor was born on 11 June 1918^[1][2][3] in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, United States^[1][2][3]. She was the daughter of Earl Wayne Taylor^[1][3] and Daisy Dolly Laizure^[1][3].

Helen may have married someone with surname Miller prior to the below documented marriage. If so, it seems likely they had a child in 1934 who died in infancy.

Helen married Lester Devoi Smuck^[2][3] in 1936^[3] in Buffalo, New York, United States.

Helen and Lester had 3 children: Faith (Smuck) Gilliland^[2][3], Gay (Smuck) Clark^[2][3], and Joy (Smuck) Frey^[3].

Helen Jane (Taylor) Smuck passed away on 03 June 2002^[3] in Keizer/Salem, Marion County, Oregon, United States^[3].

Residence

• 1930 - Amsterdam, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States - Household of Earl W Taylor^[1]

• 1935 - Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States^[2]

• 1940 - Ward 27, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States - Household of Lester Smuck^[2]

• 1942 - Oregon, United States^[3]

DNA

• Her granddaughter Courtney Hutsell is a WEAK DNA link to Jeff Timmons.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4W2-F6R : accessed 10 September 2019), Helen J Taylor in household of Earl W Taylor, Amsterdam, Jefferson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 10B, line 56, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1824; FHL microfilm 2,341,558.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQJS-NBJ : 28 July 2019), Helen Smuck in household of Lester Smuck, Ward 27, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-800, sheet 3B, line 79, family 58, 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 3675.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPR-666P : accessed 10 September 2019), Mrs Helen Jane Smuck, Oregon, United States, 10 Jun 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Albany Democrat-Herald, born-digital text.

See Also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K865-G8N

• Find A Grave: Memorial #32125298 [[Includes a tombstone photograph (joint with husband Lester D) with clear and consistent years of birth and death; a copy of her obituary as an image; along with links to the memorials of her parents, six siblings, and her husband.]