Dorcas Clara (Whitmore) Smalley (1889 - 1961)

Born 22 Nov 1889 in Conway Springs, Sumner, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Jun 1961 at age 71 in Sacramento, California, United States

Biography

Daughter of Eli Whitmore and Alice Fetterolff.

Dorcas had a twin brother, Dee. She was nicknamed Dot in 1900.

The 1895 Kansas State Census for Sumner County shows Eli age 48, wife Alice age 40; children E Whitmore (male) age 14; L Whitmore (female) age 11; E Whitmore (female) age 9; (No first name, female) Whitmore age 6; D Whitmore (male) age 6.^[1]

In 1900 Eli was age 54, living in Jackson Township, Sumner, Kansas. He was b in New York, June 1846. Wife Olive was age 44 b Pennsylvania. Daughter Lila was age 17 b Kansas. Daughter Clara was age 15 b Kansas. Son Dee was age 12 and daughter Dot was age 12 (these last were twins b Nov 1888).^[2]

She married Floyd Smalley.

In 1920 Dorcas was married and in Canyon County, Idaho. She was age 32. Husband Floyd Smalley was age 34 b Colorado. Father Eli Whitmore was age 72 b NY. Mother Alice Whitmore was age 65 b Pa. Floyd and Dorcas had children: Audrey age 3 b California and Joice age 1 b Idaho.^[3]

In 1940 Dorcas and Floyd were living with Floyd's parents in Ukiah, Mendocino, California. Their last place of residence had been Stockton. Their son Robert Smalley was age 19.^[4]

Dorcas and Floyd were rooming in Sacramento in 1950.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8V-LZ6Z : 12 March 2020), Eli Whitmore, 1895.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYT-D7N : accessed 15 April 2023), Eli Whitmore, Jackson Township, Sumner, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 327, sheet 4A, family 70, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,502.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCK-B3H : 1 February 2021), Dorcas Smalley in entry for Eli Whitmoore, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9W1-G1M : 5 January 2021), Dorcas Smalley in household of Floyd V Smalley, Ukiah Judicial Township, Mendocino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-28, sheet 1A, line 9, family 3, 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, roll 263.
5. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XGW-2Z92 : Sat Mar 25 02:47:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth Gillespie and Floyd Smalley, 4 April 1950.

• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KW1-M28W : 10 February 2023), Dorcas Smalley, .

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP49-XXX : 26 November 2014), Dorcas Smalley, 14 Jun 1961; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194331133/dorcas-smalley: accessed 15 April 2023), memorial page for Dorcas Whitmore Smalley (22 Nov 1885–14 Jun 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 194331133, citing Sacramento Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA; Maintained by Little Orange in the Big Apple (contributor 46817308).