Individual Record 704

Name}   Detwiller, Vivian Edith Family History} Olson                 
  Title}   Race} White Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Fam  7 Nov 1908 Place} Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota
Marr.: Date} Fam 12 Jun 1935 Place} Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota     (Link)
Death: Date} Aft  3 Oct 1996 Place} Orem, Utah, Utah
Burial: Date} Aft  3 Oct 1996 Place} Orem City Cemetery, Orem, Utah, Utah
  Grave Marker}  
Source 1} 281 = Family notes
Source 2} 353 = Family notes
Source 3} 344 = 1910 USA cen
Source 4} 965 = 1915 ND cen
Source 5} 966 = 1920 USA cen
Source 6} 967 = 1925 ND cen
Source 7} 968 = 1930 USA cen
Source 8} 1593=1940 USA cen
Source 9} 355 = Obituary
Source 10}385 = Obituary
Source 11}526 = Letter
Source 12}551 = S.S. record
Source 13}963 = Cemetery rec
Parents: } Andrew Matieson Detwiller & Isabella Elliott Beattie
   Relationship No.} 260
1st Household No.} 102 = Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota
      Occupation 1} Housewife
       Occupation 2}  
  Religion/Church}  
Spouses:   Prime} Smith, Elmer Dewey
 Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Vivian Edith Detwiller was born 7 Nov 1908 in Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota.  She was the third child of Andrew Mathieson Detwiller and Isabella Elliott Beattie.  In the 1910 U.S. census, her family was living in Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota.  It included her brother Harold James, born in 1903, and sister Myrtle Ethel, 1904.  Her father was a grain farmer.

Andrew Mathieson family In the 1915 North Dakota census, Vivian was living with her family in Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota.  The family was now complete with the addition of Ronald Henry, born in 1915.  In the 1920 U.S. census, the family was again farming in Tyrol Twp., Griggs.  The children, except for the youngest one, were attending school.  In the 1925 North Dakota census, the entire family, seen at right, was together.

By the 1930 U.S. census, only Vivian and Ronald were living on the farm with their parents.  Vivian married Elmer Dewey Smith on 12 Jun 1935 in Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota.  In the 1940 U.S. census, Vivian and Elmer were living in Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota.  They were renting their home for $10. per month.  Vivian had completed 1 year of college.  Her husband was a retail meat salesman.

The couple had a daughter and a son.  At some point in time they moved to Orem, Utah, Utah.  Elmer died 27 October 1978 in Orem.  Vivian died 3 Oct 1996 in Orem.  Both are buried in the Orem City Cemetery, Orem, Utah.
Time of Birth}   Time of Death}   Fraternal/Social}  
Baptism Date}   Place}   Vivian E. Smith, Elmer D. Smith Vivian E. Smith
Confirm. Date}   Photos} Vivian E. Smith
Immigr'n Date} N/A Port} N/A
Education: Grade} College, 1 yr       or Top 2 Degrees}  
Military: Service}                                    for the State of}  
Health Condition}  
  Cause of Death}  
Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated}   6 Apr  2014
Date Created}  30 May 1999
Copyright © 2014 by Karen L. Hancock.  All Rights Reserved.

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