Gladys Althea (Kester) Smithers (1902 - 1987)

Born 25 Aug 1902 in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Mar 1987 at age 84 in Cambria, San Luis Obispo, California, United States

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Biography

Gladys Althea Kester was born 25 Aug 1902. She is a daughter of Edwin Kester and Lucy McKeon.

In 1920, Edwin and Lucy resided in San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California. Their children living with them; Gladys, Eunice, Lena, Eva, Iona, Melvin, Alvin, and Thelma. ^[1]

She married Lester Smithers.

Gladys passed away in 1987. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Census," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH46-GV3 : accessed 24 May 2019), household of Edwin J Kester, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo, California, United States; citing ED 54, sheet 4A, line 6, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 144; FHL microfilm 1,820,144.
2. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPMF-GL5 : 26 November 2014), Gladys Althea Smithers, 03 Mar 1987; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• 1930 Census; "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCNF-4LQ : accessed 24 May 2019), Gladys A Smithers in household of Lester E Smithers, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 3A, line 3, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 213; FHL microfilm 2,339,948.