Harry Smith (1871)

Born Feb 1871 in Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Jeminia E. (Denton) Smith — married 15 Dec 1898 in Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Harry Smith was born around 1871 in Canada to parents Thomas E. Smith and Annetta (Rounds) Smith.

Harry was a 10 year old student when recorded by the 1881 Canadian census. He lived in Oxford East, Oxford South, Ontario with parents Thomas E. (age 40) and Annetta (age 32) and siblings Elizabeth (age 9), Nettie (age 6), and Charles (age 2). The family religion is listed at Meth. C.C.

He and his family later moved to Michigan in the United States.

He married Jennie C. Denton on December 15, 1898 in Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan. Both were 27 years old and lived in Moore Township in Sanilac County, Michigan. Harry was a farmer at the time.^[1]

The 1900 United States census found 29 year old Harry working as a farmer in Moore Township in Sanilac County, Michigan. He lived with his wife Jennie E. (age 27).

Harry was a 39 year old sawmill foreman during the 1910 United States census. He lived with his family in Moore Township, Sanilac County, Michigan. Also in the household was his wife of eleven years Jennie (age 38) and children Harold (age 6) and Russell (age 1 1/2).

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCY3-8SB : 10 February 2018), Annetta Rounds in entry for Harry Smith and Jennie C. Denton, 15 Dec 1898; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,342,510.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (Click here for [1] : 9 May 2014), > image 180 of 503; citing Department of Vital Records, Lansing.
• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (Click here for [2] : 18 November 2014), Harry Smith in household of Thomas E. Smith, Oxford East, Oxford South, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 44; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13267, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,903.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (Click here for [3] : 5 August 2014), Michigan > Sanilac > image 22 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (Click here for [4] : 11 November 2015), Michigan > Sanilac > Moore > image 15 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).