Melissa Laura (Gilchrist) Smith Vivian (1920 - 2015)

Born 23 May 1920 in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Dec 2015 at age 95 in Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States

Biography

Melissa was born in 1920. Melissa Gilchrist ... She passed away in 2015.^[1]

In the 1930 United States Census for Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States, Melissa Gilchrist, age 9, is enumerated with her parents, Harry S. and Lois V. Gilchrist, and a sister, Wilmina, age 2.^[2]

In the 1940 Census for North Puyallup Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States, Melissa L Gilchrist, age 19, born in Washington, is enumerated with her parents, Harry S. and Lois B. Gilchrist and a sister named Wilmina, age 12.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCST-DZN : accessed 9 February 2019), Melissa Gilchrist in household of Harry S Gilchrist, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 16B, line 56, family 389, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2488; FHL microfilm 2,342,222.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9SC-KV4 : 15 March 2018), Melissa L Gilchrist in household of Harry S Gilchrist, North Puyallup Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-65, sheet 3A, line 12, family 40, 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 4356.