Individual 1545: Smith, Florence Marian

Individual Record 1545

Name} Smith, Florence Marian

Family History} Olson

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Race} White

Sex} Female

Birth: Date} Fam 17 Jun 1903

Place} Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas

Marr.: Date} Fam 20 Mar 1926

Place} Belleville, Republic, Kansas (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 29 Dec 1991

Place} Ottawa County Hospital, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas

Burial: Date} Exa 3 Jan 1992

Place} Delphos Cemetery, Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	394 = Letter
Source 2}	396 = Geog history
Source 3}	1178=1905 KS cen
Source 4}	413 = 1910 USA cen
Source 5}	1178=1915 KS cen
Source 6}	512 = 1920 USA cen
Source 7}	1178=1925 KS cen
Source 8}	1621=1930 USA cen
Source 9}	500 = Obituary
Source 10}	1651=1940 USA cen
Source 11}	1185=Obituary
Source 12}	549 = S.S. record
Source 13}	1614=Cemetery rec

Parents: } Horace True Smith & Elizabeth Jane Haley
Relationship No.} 537

1st Household No.} 123 = Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas

Occupation 1} School teacher
Occupation 2} Housewife

Religion/Church} Methodist

Spouses: Prime} Bergsten, Samuel Charles
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Florence Marian Smith was born 17 Jun 1903 in Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. Her parents were Horace True Smith and Elizabeth Jane Haley. She had a brother Rupert, born in Nov 1898, and a sister Ruth born in Jul 1901 In the 1905 Kansas Census, the family was living in Pleasant Valley Twp., Saline County, Kansas. The family spent eight years farming in Saline County, Kansas, before returning to Ottawa County.

In the 1910 U.S. census in Logan Twp., Ottawa, Florence had three more siblings, namely Esther, born in 1905, Lester, 1908, and Gertrude, 1910. By the 1915 Kansas census, the family was living in Sheridan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. Her last sister Dorothy had been born in 1912. Her father Horace was a grain farmer.

In the 1920 U.S. census, Logan Twp., Florence, 16, was the oldest child still at home. She graduated from Delphos High School. She married Samuel Charles Bergsten on 20 Mar 1926 in Belleville, Republic, Kansas. She was 22, he was 21 years.

In the 1930 U.S. census, Florence and Samuel were living in Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. Samuel was a general farmer. They were renting, and had a radio set. Living with the family was Gertie Smith, a public school teacher and sister of Florence.

In the 1940 U.S. census, rural Logan Twp., Ottawa County, Florence and Samuel owned their residence, valued at $800. Samuel was farming on his own account, and both had completed four years of high school. Their son Lester D. Bergsten, 9, born in Kansas, had completed 4th grade.

In 1970, they retired to Delphos. Florence was a member of the Delphos United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and the Friendly Neighbors Club. Samuel died 1 Dec 1986. Florence's last residence (S.S. records) was Peoria, Peoria, Illinois.

Florence died 29 Dec 1992 in the Ottawa County Hospital, Minneapolis, Kansas. Funeral services were held Friday, 3 Jan 1992 at the Delphos United Methodist Church, the Revs. Darrell Walters and James Flick officiating. She is buried with her husband in the Delphos Cemetery, Delphos, Kansas.

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Immigr'n Date} N/A

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Education: Grade} Twelfth grade or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} for the State of}

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