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James Smith 1901 – 1962 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 October 1901

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 15 Apr 1962

Death Location: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Henry Smith

Mother: Margaret Eaton

Spouse(s): Kathleen Whiteford

Children(s): Margaret Smith

According to available records, James Smith was born in 1901 in Ireland, the child of Henry Smith and Margaret Elizabeth Eaton. Following those early years, James Smith married Kathleen Whiteford, and their family grew to include Margaret Smith. In the later years of life, James Smith died in 1962 in Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Parents

Henry Smith
1882 –
Birth Location: Belfast
HS
Margaret Eaton
1881 – 1959
Birth Location: Belfast, Ireland
ME

Spouses(s)

Kathleen Whiteford
1904 – 1990
Birth Location: Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
KW

Children(s)

Margaret Smith
1926 –
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
MS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 October 1901
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Pennsylvania, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1945, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 2347, Year: 1940; Census Place: Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03495; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 23-142, The National Archives in Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States; Record Group Number: 21, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 038701-041550, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 633; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 23-206, The National Archives of Ireland; Year: 1911; Census Place: Shankill, Antrim, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 2 Apr 1911
    Event Place: Ballygomartin Road, Shankill, Antrim, Ireland
    Record Source: Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, The National Archives of Ireland; Year: 1911; Census Place: Shankill, Antrim, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 19 Nov 1920
    Event Place: New York, New York, USA
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957, Pennsylvania, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1945, The National Archives in Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States; Record Group Number: 21, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03495; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 23-142

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Radnor, Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03495; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 23-142

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1942
    Event Place: Wayne, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 2347

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 633; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 23-206

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Liverpool, England
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 Apr 1962
    Event Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 038701-041550

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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