Myrtle May Geyer was born on September 10, 1906 in Waynoka, Woods, Oklahoma Territory, her father, Harvey, was 29, and her mother, Mary, was 23. In the 1910 census Myrtle (age 3) was the daughter of Harvey W Geyer in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States.[1] In the 1920 census May (age 13) was the daughter of H W Gerger in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma.[2] In the 1930 census M (age 23) was the single daughter of Harvey W Geyer in Sec 23/9/5, Econtuchka, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States.[3] May (29) married Oliver Smith (24) (born on December 19, 1910 in Silex, Johnson County, Arkansas, United States; son of Hiras Dexter Smith (1875–1958) and Mary Melinda Carpenter (1887–1969)) on November 30, 1935 in Maud, Seminole, Oklahoma.[4] In the 1940 census Myrtle (age 32) was the wife of Oliver Smith in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma.[5] They had four children in 12 years. In the 1950 census Myrtle (age 43) was the wife of Oliver Smith in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States.[6]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Oliver Smith
M
White
39
Married
Head
Truck Driver
Oklahoma
Myrtle Mae Smith
F
White
43
Married
Wife
Oklahoma
Mary Irene Smith
F
White
13
Never married
Daughter
Oklahoma
Dorthy Jean Smith
F
White
12
Never married
Daughter
Oklahoma
Olivia Maye Smith
F
White
7
Never married
Daughter
Oklahoma
David Smith
M
White
1
Never married
Son
Oklahoma
She died on March 1, 1993, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, at the age of 86,[7] and was buried in Stilwell, Oklahoma.[8]
Sources
↑1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1274; Page: 5b; Enumeration District: 0191; FHL microfilm: 1375287 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #186379882 (accessed 26 February 2024)
Myrtle M Geyer (3), single daughter, in household of Harvey W Geyer (33) in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA. Born in Oklahoma.
↑1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1920; Census Place: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1471; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 259 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #79814606 (accessed 26 February 2024)
May Geyes (13), single daughter, in household of H W Gerger (43) in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma. Born in Oklahoma.
↑1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1930; Census Place: Econtuchka, Seminole, Oklahoma; Page: 32A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2341664 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #95065819 (accessed 26 February 2024)
M May Geyer (23), single daughter, in household of Harvey W Geyer (53) in Sec 23/9/5, Econtuchka, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA. Born in Oklahoma.
↑Marriage: "Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995"
Original data: Marriage Records. Oklahoma Marriages. Various Oklahoma County marriage collections Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61379 #963577690 (accessed 26 February 2024)
Mae Geyers (28) marriage to Oliver Smith on 30 Nov 1935 in Maud, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA.
↑1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03332; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 67-50 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #89515669 (accessed 26 February 2024)
Myrtle May Smith (32), wife, in household of Oliver Smith (29) in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma. Born in Oklahoma.
↑1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma; Roll: 2920; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 67-73 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #57782607 (accessed 26 February 2024)
Myrtle Mae Smith (43), wife, in household of Oliver Smith (39) in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA. Born in Oklahoma.
↑Death: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"
Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File Ancestry Record 3693 #58331288 (accessed 26 February 2024)
Myrtle M Smith death 1 Mar 1993 (born 10 Sep 1906) residing at 74464, Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA.
↑Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Find A Grave: Memorial #110812018 Ancestry Record 60525 #71232358 (accessed 26 February 2024)
Myrtle Mae Smith burial (died on 1 Mar 1993) in Chalk Bluff Cemetery, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, United States of America. Born on 10 Sep 1906.
First-hand information as remembered by Brian Wagnon, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
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