Relationship 556: Oscar James Smith & Ethel G. Haley

Relationship Record 556

Male/Husband} Smith, Oscar James

Family History} Olson

Female/Wife} Haley, Ethel G.

Relationship Type} Marriage

Marriage: Date} Exa 12 Nov 1901

Place} Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas

Ended: On Date} Exa 12 Nov 1926
By} Death of wife

Source 1}	403 = Marriage rec
Source 2}	1178=1905 KS cen
Source 3}	413 = 1910 USA cen
Source 4}	400 = Newspaper
Source 5}	1178=1915 KS cen
Source 6}	414 = 1920 USA cen
Source 7}	1178=1925 KS cen
Source 8}	500 = Obituary
Source 9}	363 = Cemetery rec
Source 10}	397 = Cemetery rec
Source 11}	963 = Cemetery rec

1st Household No.} 124 = Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas

Photographs} None

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 6 Nov 2014
Date Created} 23 Aug 1993

Notes: Oscar J. Smith married Ethel G. Haley on 12 Nov 1901 in Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas. J.F. Scherer, a Minister of the Gospel, performed the ceremony. Oscar was 22 years and Ethel was 17 years of age. Oscar was a farmer.

In the 1905 Kansas census, the family was living in Logan Twp., and with two children. Velna had been born 6 Jun 1903, and Clement on 2 Feb 1905. Bernice, a son, was born 1 Jul 1907. Their son Darrel was born 5 Jul 1911, but died 23 Jul 1912. A daughter Maurine was born 25 Jun 1913, but died 27 Jul 1913. These two children were buried in Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, in their grandfather Abraham Haley's plot.

In the 1915 Kansas census, the family was living in Blaine Twp., Ottawa County. By the 1920 U.S. census, they had moved to Center Twp., Ottawa. Ethel died 12 Nov 1926, and was buried in the Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, Kansas. Oscar remarried, then died 3 Oct 1933, and is buried next to Ethel.

Children:

Total # of Children} 5

Seq. # of Primary}

1st Child}	Smith, Velna Violet
2nd Child}	Smith, Clement Earl
3rd Child}	Smith, Bernice Boyd
4th Child}	Smith, Darrel Miles
5th Child}	Smith, Marine

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