Family Group Record for the David Harp Smith Family
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Submitted by: Virginia Shaw
Email address: <GShaw1234@aol.com>
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Husband: David Harp Smith
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Born: 28 January 1875 - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Died: 18 November 1913 - Jackson Township, Jasper County, Missouri(1)
Buried: 20 November 1913 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri(1)
Father: Andrew Wright Smith (1839-1919)
Mother: Mary Anna "Annie" Harp (1844-1927)
Marriage: 7 March 1905 Place: Towner, Mchenry County,
North Dakota(2, 3)
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Wife: Gertrude Helena Brown
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Born: 25 October 1876 - Ohio(4, 5)
Died: 10 January 1934 - Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA(6,
7)
Buried: 11 January 1934 - Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri, USA(6)
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Children
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1 M Andrew David Smith
Born: 7 December 1905 - McHenry County, North Dakota(8)
Died: 7 December 1905 - McHenry County, North Dakota(9)
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Events
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1. He was born on 7 December 1905 in McHenry County, Granville, North
Dakota.(8) The county records show this child as an unnamed female, but
the family bible page shows the child as named above. The bible page
also shows the birthdate as 8 December 1905.
2. He died on 7 December 1905 in McHenry County, Granville, North
Dakota.(9) The county records show this child as an unnamed female who
died on the same day born. Family lore tells that this boy lived to be
about two years old.
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2 F Mary Frances Smith
Born: 17 April 1907 - Carterville, Jasper Co., Missouri
Died: 16 February 1992 - Lenexa, Johnson Co., Kansas, USA
Buried: February 1992 - Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA
Spouse: Albert Victor Van Hee (1904-1991)
Marr. Date: 24 February 1934 - Our Lady Of Good Counsel, Kansas City,
Jackson Co., MO
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Events
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1. Name Change: Unknown, Joplin, MO. Minnie Annie Smith changed her name
upon confirmation/conversion to Catholicism. She took the name Mary
Francis. She choose her name because of her good friend Sister Mary
Frances deChantel, who was one of the nuns at the boarding school she
attended in Joplin, MO.
2. Stenographer's school:Mom gave the name in an e-mail I need to
retrieve and record.
3. Boarding School: Joplin, MO. Minnie Annie Smith attended the Academy
of Our Lady of Mercy in Joplin, MO. It is believed that she was living
with her Grandparents, Andrew and Maryann Smith at the time (when not
away at school) who lived in the country. Liz Soetaert thinks that after
attending the school for one year, she and her mother, Gertrude H.
converted to Catholicism. It was then that Minnie changed her name to
Mary Frances. See name change. Acquired a picture of this boarding
school from Dave Van Hee June 2001. August 2001
4. She was born on 17 April 1907 in Carterville, Jasper Co., Missouri.
First proof of residence in MO: Photo of Minnie Annie Smith as a baby.
On the back, written in Gertrude Brown Smith's writing, it says: "Minnie A.
Smith, three months and four days." The photograph is stamped by the
photographer in Webb City, MO.
Liz Soetaert gave this photo to Gin Dec. 2001.
5. 1910 Census: April 1910, Joplin Township, Carterville, Jasper County,
MO. Found Minnie Annie Smith living with her parents and Grandparents.
She would have just turned three years old. This census states that
Minnie was born in Missouri and that her father was born in Kentucky and
her mother in Ohio. They were living at 606 N. Tennessee Avenue.
Film #1374804.
6. Postcard: from Cleta, 5 April 1912, Corpus Christi, Texas.(10)
Postcard written to Minnie says she misses her little playmate. Cleta
sent the postcard from Carterville, MO.
7. Postcard: from May, 5 April 1912, Corpus Christi, Texas.(11) Second
postcard sent on the same day from Carterville, MO to Minnie Annie Smith
in Texas. Relationship of Minnie to May is unknown.
8. Postcard: 10 April 1912, Corpus Christi, Texas. Have a postcard from
"Aunt Sallie" to Minnie Smith. It was mailed from Reeds, MO and dated 10 April
1912. It reads: "Dear Little niece, How are you. We are all
well. You will soon be 5 years old. How is Papa and Mamma. Tell Papa I will try
to get his letter ans. soon. We are so busy planting garden
potatoes and so forth. Have 9 hens setting everything is so late this
year with us. So by by. Write soon. Your Aunt Sallie. The address is
was sent to is: 312 Resaca St., Corpus Christi, Tex
9. Death of Father: Cir December 1913, Jasper County, Joplin Twnshp,
Carterville, Missouri?. Not sure of place of death or burial, but did
find the Letters of Testamentory dated 3 December 1913 and addressed to
Mary Frances' mother, Gertrude H. Smith. Mary Frances would have been
6.5 years old at this time.
10. She was baptized on 7 December 1917 in Joplin, MO. Date and place
noted on the Marriage Record of Mary Frances Smith and Albert Victor Van
Hee from Our Lady of Good Counsel; KC, MO. Church where baptism took
place was St. Peter's Catholic Church.
Liz had the original certificate of first communion for Mary Frances
dated 8 December 1917. St. Peter's Catholic Church, Joplin, MO. It also
indicates her confirmation date as 18 May 1919. Pastor, Rev. Driscoll signed the
document.
11. 1920 Census: January 1920, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,
USA. Found Gertrude Smith, Servant, age 44, living with Mary Frances,
Boarder, almost 13 yrs. old in the home of Ernest Schreiber. He had a
wife and four children under the age of 7! Gertrude's job was to care
for the children. Mary Frances would have graduated from St. James
school later that same year.
12. St. James Parochial School: 11 June 1920, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri, USA. Found Mary Frances' diploma at Liz Soetaert's
house. Aug. 2001
Mary Frances would have been 13 years old.
13. 1930 census: 2 April 1930, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,
USA. Mary F. is living with her mother in the home of Dennis Murphy at
3210 Washington St. We have letters and postcards addressed there
between 1929 and 1932. At this time Mary Francis is working as a
stenographer at an Adding Machine Company and there are four other women
living in this home who are also stenographers. Mary Francis is 22 years old and
single. She was dating future husband, Albert Victor Van Hee, as evidenced by
letters and postcards and a telegram from him that she saved throughout her
days.
NARA #1195
14. Dennis Murphy's house: Cir 1931, Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA. Mary Frances and her mother, Gertrude H. Smith rented the
3rd floor of this man's house and lived there according to Dave Van Hee.
The address, according to postcards written to Mary Frances from future
husband, Al Van Hee, was 32nd Washington St., KC, MO. June 2001
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Research Notes (Wife)
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1910 census for MO, Jasper Co., Carterville City, V. 52; ED 59, indicates the
above information, but I had believed Gertrude to have been born in NY. Will
need to investigate. Further research indicates that Gertrude was indeed born in
Ohio, but that she may have been born in 1875 or 1876. More research needed. Her
tombstone says 1877.
The record of birth of Gertrude and David's first and second child says that
Gertrude was born in Ohio. So does her death certificate.
Family Bible page says 25 October 1875.
Search in progress to check every Ohio county for any and all Gertrude Brown's
born between 1874 and 1877. Should possibly search Braun as well.
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Source Citations
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1. The Carthage Press, Rheumatism Proves Fatal: David Harp Smith Passes Away
at Home of His Father. (Carolyn Coleman gave me the copy of this clipping
which I believe she received from the Jasper County Historical Society
volunteers.), no page number on clipping. Repository: Carolyn Coleman and
Dave Van Hee, 1511 1584 Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.
2. State of North Dakota, McHenry County Court, Marriage Certificate (7 March
1905; Obtained from Liz Soetaert from among her files of GHBS's belongings.
Gin Shaw holds the original and has framed it with archival safe materials.
Copies have also been made. Contacted the McHenry County courthouse for the
original application and/or the marriage license. They said that the
courthouse burned and the records are no longer available prior to 1907.)
Repository: Liz Soetaert, 5670 China Hill Rd., El Dorado, CA.
3. unknown, Marriage announcement for David Smith and Miss Gertrude Brown
(Gertrude Myers has the clipping, which is not dated and the paper name is
not noted. See Text of Source.) Repository: Gertrude Myers, 10720 Cedar
Niles Cr., Olathe, KS 66061.
4. Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, 1910 Missouri
Federal Census (Enumerated on 25 April 1910.) Repository: Family History
Library, Salt Lake City, UT 84103.
5. McHenry County, North Dakota Courthouse, Marriage License and Certificate
"Long Form" for David Smith and Miss Gertrude Brown,(Dated 7 March 1905) No
certificate of License number is given on the form dated 7 March 1905.
Repository: North Dakota Historical Society - Jim Davis, Reference
Specialist, 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismark, ND 58505-0830.
6. MO State Board of Health, Certificate of Death for Gertrude Smith (Filed 10
January 1934). Repository: Vital Records, 2400 Troost, Suite 1200, Dept.
050, Org. 2000, Kansas City,, Missouri 64106, USA.
7. KC Star/Times, Smith, Mrs. Gertrude (KC Times, 11 January 1934; KC Star 10
Jan 1934
KU reels #483(Times) and 484,(Star), p. 17
MRN 0269) p.17. Repository: Carolyn Coleman and Dave Van Hee, 1511 1584
Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.
8. North Dakota Department of Health, Bismark, ND, Birth Certificate of Unnamed
Smith (Certificate #133-05-002139; Child is listed as a female, but the
family Bible names this child as male: Andrew David Smith. Birth date is
also one day prior the one listed in the family bible. This information was
filed on 20 April 1906. David Smith is incorrectly listed as being born in
Indiana. Gertrude Brown is listed as being born in Ohio.) Repository:
North Dakota Department of Health, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 301,
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200, US.
9. North Dakota Department of Health, Bismark ND, Certification of Death for
"Unnamed Smith" (Certificate #133-05-000717; Cause of Death: Result of
prolonged labor; Father incorrectly listed as born in Indiana, mother listed
as born in Ohio. Seems as though the mother must've been the person who
reported the information because of this.) Repository: North Dakota
Department of Health, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 301, Bismarck, ND
58505-0200, US.
10. Cleta, To Minnie Annie Smith (Sent to Miss Minnie Annie Smith - 312 Resaca
St., Corpus Christi, TX. Carolyn Coleman sent me a copy of the back of this
postcard, not the front.) Repository: Carolyn Coleman and Dave Van Hee,
1511 1584 Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.
11. May, To Minnie Smith (Relationship of May to Minnie unknown. Carolyn
Coleman sent me a copy of the back of this postcard, not the front.
Postmark is 5 April 1912, Carterville, MO, 7pm.) Repository: Carolyn
Coleman and Dave Van Hee, 1511 1584 Rd., Lawrence, KS 66046.