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Walter Irving Smith (1876 - 1957)

Walter Irving Smith
Born in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 21 Jan 1896 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Died at age 81 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Walter Irving Smith was born on February 29, 1876, in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[1][2] He was the son of George Irving Smith and Clara Ida Brooks.

In 1880, he was living in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, with his parents and siblings.[3]

Walter married Carlotta Atcha Gilchrist on January 21, 1896, in Somerville.[4][5] They had five children - Viola, Madeline Clara, Doris Irene, Charles Irving, and Ivor Idella.

In 1900, he lived with his wife and children in Abington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [6] In 1910, he lived with his wife and children in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [7] In 1920, he lived with his wife and son Charles and daughter Doris Evans and her family in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[8] In 1930, he and his wife were living in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts with their son Charles and his wife. [9] By 1940, the couple was living in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts with their daughter Madeline Slate and husband. [10] In 1950, the couple was residing in a nursing home in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[11]

Walter registered for the World War I draft in September 1918 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts. At the time, he was working as a chauffeur for the Revere Rubber Company in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[12]

Walter died in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, on April 23, 1957, at the age of 81.[13]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Image
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Image
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census. Year: 1880; Census Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 546; Page: 256D; Enumeration District: 483. Image
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Image
  5. ↑ Walter I. Smith & Carlotta Gilchrist - Wedding - Boston Globe - Jan 22 1896 - Page 4. Link
  6. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. Year: 1900; Census Place: Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 1088; FHL microfilm: 1240673. Image
  7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. Year: 1910; Census Place: Waltham Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_606; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 1051; FHL microfilm: 1374619. Image
  8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. Year: 1920; Census Place: Somerville Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_718; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 455. Image
  9. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. Year: 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, ED 468, roll 929, page 8B, image 736.0. Image
  10. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census. Year: 1940; Census Place: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: m-t0627-01577; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 5-15. Image
  11. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 3247; Sheet Number: 3; Enumeration District: 24-31. Ancestry.com
  12. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Registration State: Massachusetts; Registration County: Middlesex; Roll: 1674434; Draft Board: 3. Image
  13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #157485645




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