Gertrude Alice (Reeves) Smiley (1900 - 1985)

Born 17 Jun 1900 in Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States

Wife of Edwin Fancher Smiley — married 22 Sep 1924 in Middletown, Orange County, New York, USA

Died Jan 1985 at age 84 in New York, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Alice is the daughter of Benjamin Reeves and Sarah A Wheatcraft. Her father was born in New York; her mother was born in England. Alice was a bookkeeper and lived in Wallkill at the time of her marriage. She is buried in Wallkill Cemetery in Phillipsburg, New York.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP1G-G45 : accessed 20 April 2019), Alice Reeves in household of Bengamin G Reeves, Wallkill, Orange, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 8B, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1060; FHL microfilm 1,375,073.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV9J-H93 : accessed 30 January 2016), Alice G Reeves in household of Benj T Reeves, Wallkill, Orange, New York, United States; citing sheet 8B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,253.

• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ93-QK7 : accessed 30 January 2016), Edwin F Smiley and Gertrude Alice Reeves, 22 Sep 1924; citing county clerk’s office, Orange, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 829,658.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4TS-YJL : accessed 20 April 2019), Alice Smiley in household of Edwin Smiley, Wallkill, Orange, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 98, sheet 7B, line 56, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1634; FHL microfilm 2,341,368.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQYC-1LX : accessed 30 January 2016), Alice Smiley in household of Edwin F Smiley, Wallkill Town, Orange, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-130, sheet 16A, family 359, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2712.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKK3-S38 : 20 May 2014), Alice Smiley, Jan 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find A Grave: Memorial #35304005 for Alice Gertrude Reeves Smiley in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Orange County, New York, USA; includes gravestone photo.