Celia E (Ward) Smith (1915 - 1995)

Born 28 Jun 1915 in Solon, Somerset, Maine, United States

Wife of Hollis Walton Smith — married 19 Sep 1934 in Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States

Died 22 Oct 1995 at age 80 in East Dixfield, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Celia E Ward was born at Solon, Maine in 1915, the daughter of Ivan Leslie Ward (1881-1965) and Blanche Julia Ellen Ward (1886-1963).

The 1920 US Census for Solon, Maine conducted on 19 Jan 1920, lists the residents of a home on North Main Street as head of household Ivan Ward (37), a laborer at a pulp mill, his wife Blanch [sic] (34), and their children Dorothy (11), Vernon (9), and Celia (4). The home is owned free from mortgage.

She married Hollis Walton Smith on 19 Sep 1934 at Wilton, Maine. They were the parents of three known children.

The 1940 US census for East Dixfield, Wilton, Maine lists residents of a farm as Hollis Smith (24), a farmer, his wife Cielia [sic] E (24) and their daughter Laura L (3). They own their farm valued at $1000, and it is the same place where Hollis and Celia lived in 1935.

The 1950 US census for Wilton, Maine lists the residents of a farm located on the East Dixfield Road as head of household Hollis W Smith (34), a farmer, his wife Celia W (34), their children Laura L (13), Calvin C (9) and Leslie L (5), as well as his father Charles C Smith (70), and mother Ella N [sic] (69). All were born in Maine.

Celia passed away in 1995 and is buried at the East Dixfield Cemetery, Est Dixfield, Maine.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-DPFC : 2 March 2021), Celia E, Birth 28 Jun 1915; multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm 10,207.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8S-H3W : 1 February 2021), Celia Ward in entry for Ivan Ward, 1920.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNL-T3X : 27 November 2014), Hollis W Smith and Celia E Ward, 19 Sep 1934; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-5SBG?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-Q49%3A790102801%2C790106002%2C791152001%2C951259801 : accessed 11 December 2022), Maine > Franklin > Wilton Town > image 27 of 33; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMX8-RF3Z : 6 March 2021), Celia E. Ward Smith, ; Burial, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States of America, East Dixfield Cemetery; citing record ID 213476588, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213476588/celia-e-smith), memorial page for Celia E. Ward Smith (28 Jun 1915–22 Oct 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 213476588, citing East Dixfield Cemetery, Wilton, Franklin County, Maine, USA.