Golda Annis (Gay) Smith (1885 - 1959)

Born 20 Mar 1885 in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States

Wife of George Elwin Smith — married 28 Apr 1932 in Alma, Gratiot, Michigan, United States

Died 1 Jan 1959 at age 73 in Alma, Gratiot, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of James Lafayette Gay (1864-1937), a funeral director, and Martha Elizabeth Teeple (1864-1932), Goldie was born in Decatur, Indiana in 1885.^[1] Her siblings included:

1. Claude C. (1890-)
2. Ruth B. (1892-)
3. J. Fred (1897-)
4. Richard (1898-)
5. William J. (1903-)

In 1910, at age 25, she lived at home in Decatur, along with most of her siblings, and worked as a stenographer for an insurance company.^[2] In 1920, Goldie, Ruth, William and Fred were all still living at home, and working.^[3] Between 1920 and 1930, her father, approaching retirement, left the funeral business and Indiana, moving to Alma, Michigan to open a 5¢-and-10¢ store there; Goldie worked there as a cashier in 1930.^[4] In Alma, she met three-times-widowed George Smith, who also worked as a clerk at her father's 5¢-and-10¢ store, and they married in Alma on April 28, 1932.^[5]

Goldie passed away in Alma at the age of 73 and is buried at Decatur Cemetery in Decatur, Indiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Year: 1900; Census Place: Washington, Adams, Indiana; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0016:Decatur City (pt) Ward 2 (pt), Ward 3, All that pt Ward 2 lying north of Madison Street and all of Ward 3; FHL microfilm: 1240357. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7602 #350176865518 with attached Image
2. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Decatur Ward 3, Adams, Indiana; Roll: T624_338; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1374351. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #141257550 with attached Image
3. ↑ Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1920; Census Place: Decatur, Adams, Indiana; Roll: T625_420; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 19: Decatur city, Ward 3 bounded by St Marys River, City limits, Monroe, City limits. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry Record 6061 #10434915 with attached Image
4. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Year: 1930; Census Place: Alma, Gratiot, Michigan; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0001: ALMA CITY, WARD 1, BOUNDED BY (N) CITY LIMITS; (E) LEWIS AVE., CITY LIMITS; (S) E. SUPERIOR; (W) STATE.; FHL microfilm: 2340724. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Ancestry Record 6224 #14191502 with attached Image
5. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 69; Film Title: 25 Genesee 17320-20589; Film Description: Gratiot (1927-1939). Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #4026781 with attached Image
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44471068