Clara Etta (Bell) Smith (1891 - 1982)

Born 25 Mar 1891 in Yesler, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Herman J Wood — married 4 Sep 1915 in King, Washington, United States

Wife of Roger Smith — married 1959 in Washington, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1982 at age 91 in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States

Biography

Clara Etta (Bell) Smith was born on 25 Mar 1891 in Yesler, Washington, United States. Her parents were William Samuel Bell (1862 - 1930) and Anna Elmira (Palmer) Bell (1871 - 1955).

Clara played piano and once said she had never heard a song she could not play. Later she played a small accordion. Clara had a small dance band at one time.

Clara and her sister Georgia were active in the Rebekah Lodge - a fraternal organization.

Clara married Herman J Wood (1893 - ~1947) on 4 Sep 1915 in King, Washington.^[1] Clara and her husband were living with his parents in the 1920 census. Herman Wood was the son of Joseph B. Wood . Herman was working in a garage and his father was a house carpenter.

Their children were...

1. Marguerite Edna Wood (1916 - )
2. William Winton Wood (1917 - 1919)
3. Brian Herman Wood (1921 - 1971)
4. Joanna Wood (1926 - 1927).

Clara married Roger Smith ( - ) in 1959 in Washington.^{[citation needed]} Roger Smith died on the dance floor.

Clara died on 27 Mar 1982 in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington aged 91. ^[2] Clara died in a rest home after many years of suffering from Alzheimer Disease.

Sources

1. ↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNY-YXK8 : 29 April 2021), H J Wood and Clara Bell, 1915.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3K5-VJ6 : 19 May 2014), Clara Smith, Mar 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGVN-Q7Y : accessed 23 February 2017), Clara E Bell in household of William S Bell, Charleston, Kitsap, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 228, sheet 11B, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1662; FHL microfilm 1,375,675.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC3V-G3F : accessed 23 February 2017), Clara E Wood in household of Herman Wood, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 19A, line 27, family 437, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2506; FHL microfilm 2,342,240.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K99B-5QN : accessed 23 February 2017), Clara E Wood in household of Herman J Wood, Bremerton, Bremerton Election Precinct 20, Kitsap, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-26, sheet 1A, line 2, family 1, 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 4347.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.