Zelma Emma Kirkman ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Zelma was born in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio. Later the family moved to Brailey, Ohio. Her father built a house in Brailey. Then the family moved to outside Brailey on a farm owned by Eggleson or Eggleston family. Her father later sold the farm and moved to Wauseon.

Zelma attended Brailey School and Pike School to the 7th grade. She attended the 8th grade in Wauseon, and three years of high school there. In 1919, the family moved to Toledo. Zelma finished high school at Waite High School, Toledo, Ohio.

Zelma Emma Kirkman Smith graduated from the University of Toledo with a two year degree in teaching. She taught 4th grade in Toledo prior to and the first year of her marriage. She was then a homemaker living in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and kept house until her husband died in 1959. She later removed to Akron, Ohio and spent her later years there.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Zelma K Smith
Given Name: Zelma K
Surname: Smith
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 Sep 1992
Event Place: Summit, Ohio
Event Place (Original): Summit, Ohio
Age: 90
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1902

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J144-GM5 : 4 December 2020), Zelma K Smith, 07 Sep 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1910 US Census, 15 April 1910, Swan Creek Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1910 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 16, Dwelling 41, Family 41, Roll 1184
Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Home owned, with mortgage
Zelma E. Kirkman..Daughter..7..OH
(Living with parents.)

2. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States. ² 1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 142, Family 105, Roll 1410, Ward 13
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
1222 Cotton Street; Home rented
Zelma E. Kirkman..Daughter..17..OH
(Living with parents.)

Zelma married Robert Lee Smith on 4 June 1926 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States. (Robert Lee Smith was born on 8 June 1901 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States and died in January 1959 ⁴.)