William Alexander Smith (abt. 1883 - 1977)

Born about 25 Dec 1883 in Castletown, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Son of William Cowie Smith and Elizabeth Sinclair (Jack) Smith

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1977 at about age 93 in Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

William Alexander Smith 24 December 1883 – 9 January 1977

• When William Alexander Smith was born on 24 December 1883, in Olrig, Caithness, Scotland, his father, William Cowie Smith, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Sinclair Jack, was 22. He married Nina Etelka Murphy on 25 January 1906, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 9 January 1977, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States.

Birth

24 Dec 1883 Castletown, Olrig, Caithness^[1]

Marriage Date 25 Jan 1906 Marriage Place Marion, Indiana, United States Source Details P453 Name William Alexander Smith Sex Male Birth Date 25 Dec 1884 Father's Name William C. Smith Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Elizabeth Jack Mother's Sex Female Spouse's Name Nina Etilka Murphy Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Birth Date 19 Jun 1886 Spouse's Father's Name George Clelland Pierson Spouse's Father's Sex Male Spouse's Mother's Name Laura Belle Thompson

SECOND Marriage: 7 May 1934 Oklahoma, United States William Alexander Smith 1883–1977 Ella Meador 1889–1969

Occupation

Pharmacist and chemist in 12 Sep 1918

Note

WW1 registration card states he was a US Citizen due to his father's naturalisation. William was in Oklahoma at the time of the 1910 census and so does not appear with his family in Indianapolis.

Sources

1. ↑ Scotlands People; https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; Statutory Registers-Births, 1883; Olrig 039/ 50

William Alexander Smith https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBZL-MSC

"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFDL-J18 : 13 January 2020), William Alexander Smith, 1906.

"Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Rose Hill Burial Park, Interment cards, 1917-1982," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WG6W-4LMM : 6 October 2020), William A Smith, Oklahoma, United States; citing Burial, Oklahoma, United States, Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City; FHL microfilm.

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9FH-HZQ : 10 January 2021), William Smith, Jan 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1Z-M3N : 3 February 2021), William A Smith, 1920.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML79-43V : accessed 27 March 2022), William A Smith, Oklahoma City Ward 6, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 229, sheet 12B, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1266; FHL microfilm 1,375,279.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC49-4QF : accessed 27 March 2022), William A Smith, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 2B, line 95, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1918; FHL microfilm 2,341,652.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLK-5Y2Y : 10 September 2021), William A. Smith, ; Burial, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States of America, Rose Hill Burial Park; citing record ID 94681967, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Birth certificate (see image) Registration Card

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• DNA Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on Gedmatch consisting of AJ (John-1448), Sarah Euren (Euren-4) and Michael Mackay (Mackay-1027) on chromosome12 16.1cM. MRCA Donald Jack (Jack-511) and Ann Malcolm (Malcolm-700).
• DNA (John-1448) is 3rd cousin twice removed of (Euren-4) and we have a match on 23andMe 0.23% predicted 3rd cousin twice removed.