Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameElmer Glenn Smith
Birth26 Jan 1889, Anderson, Madison Co, IN
Census9 Jan 1920, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#649, pg 8
OccupationElectrician
Misc. Notes
Son of Elmer E. Smith and Freda Speachin
Marriage record lists him as Elmer G. Smith.
Automobile tester in 1910, listed as Glenn.
His wife war remarried in 1915. He then appears to be listed as a lodger in Indianapolis in 1920, working as a railroad electrician.
Spouses
Birth29 Oct 1888, Illinois
Death1 Jun 1974, Anderson, Madison Co, IN
BurialMaplewood Cem, Anderson, Madison Co, IN
FatherJohn J. Boehler (1854-1917)
MotherRosanna "Rose" Downing (1866-1937)
Misc. Notes
Listed in 1900 with her parents and sisters Lillian I. (Jan 1884 IL) and Maud (Dec 1890 IL).
She listed as Catherine, married 2 yrs, and has a 3 month old son Elmer in 1910, and they are living with her parents.
Her marriage record to Burrell lists her as Katherine Boehler Smith, indicating her previous marriage.
In 1920, she and Burrell were living with her widowed mother Rose Boehler (54, OH) and sisters Lillian Boehler (46, IL) and Maud French (40, IL). Lillian is single and Maud divorced with a 6 yr old dau. Kathryn is listed with her son Boehler (9, IN) who is apparently her son from a former marriage to Mr. Smith, since she and Burrell were only married in 1915.
The same family is living together in 1930, but her son is then listed as Boehler Smith (20, IN). It says her first marriage (to Mr. Smith) was at age 20 (1908).
Marriage10 May 1909, Madison Co, IN
Marr MemoBk 21, pg 47
Divorce
ChildrenElmer Boehler (1910-1968)
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