Name} Smith, Elmer Dewey (Dick) | Family History} Olson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title} | Race} White | Sex} Male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth: Date} Fam 27 Oct 1898 | Place} Aneta, Nelson, North Dakota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marr.: Date} Fam 12 Jun 1935 | Place} Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota (Link) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death: Date} Exa 31 Oct 1978 | Place} Orem, Utah, Utah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burial: Date} Aft 31 Oct 1978 | Place} Orem City Cemetery, Orem, Utah, Utah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parents: } Wallace E. Smith & Marie M. Unknown Relationship No.} None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st Household No.} 636 = Aneta, Nelson, North Dakota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation 1} Salesman Occupation 2} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spouses: Prime}
Detwiller, Vivian Edith Total Number of} 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: Elmer Dewey Smith was born 27 Oct 1898 in Aneta, Nelson, North Dakota. He was the oldest
of seven children of Wallace E. and Marie M. Smith. In the 1900 U.S. census, the
family was living in Ora Twp., Nelson, North Dakota. Elmer, 1, had a brother, Homer,
about one month old. His father Wallace was a hardware retail merchant. In the 1910 U.S. census, Elmer was living with his family on Block 24, Serns Avenue, Aneta, Nelson, North Dakota. The children now included Elmer, Howard, Edith, Wallace, Walter, and Alvin. They had a servant, Martha Negel, and two lodgers, Melvina De Roche, and Tom S. Ham. His last brother Ralph was born about 1916. Elmer joined the Marine Corps in Jun 1917. A summary of his service record, found in Source 1594, reads as follows:
Elmer married Vivian Edith Detwiller on 12 Jun 1935 in Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota. In the 1940 U.S. census, Elmer and Vivian were living in Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota. They were renting their home for $10. per month. Elmer had completed four years of high school, was a retail meat salesman, and had earned $1050 the previous year. Elmer and Vivian had one daughter and one son. At some point in time they moved to Orem, Utah, Utah. Elmer died 27 October 1978 in Orem, and is buried in the Orem City Cemetery, Orem, Utah. Vivian died 3 Oct 1996 in Orem, and is buried with him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Confirm. Date} | Photos} Elmer D. Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Immigr'n Date} N/A | Port} N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education: Grade} High school or Top 2 Degrees} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Military: Service} for the State of} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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