Alta Willoughby ^{1 2}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1900 US Census, 23 June 1900, Richmond Township, Huron, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 37, Dwelling 251, Family 260
Richmond Township, Huron County, Ohio
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 3 years
Alta Smith..Wife..Apr 1878..22..OH..1/1
(Living with husband and daughter.)

2. 1920 US Census, 22 January 1920, Roseville, Warren, Illinois, United States. ² 1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 179, Family 273, Roll 409
Roseville, Warren County, Illinois
Home owned, no mortgage
Alta M. Smith..Head..42..OH
Sidney M. Smith..Son..19..OH..Mason, Buildings
Chene Smith..Daughter..13..OH

(Alta was listed as still married and living with 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Apr 1878, then her age should have been 41 instead of 42.

Alta married Charles Smith, son of Jacob Frederick Smith and Sophrona Catherine Fast, in 1897.¹ (Charles Smith was born on 4 December 1871 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, United States,^{1 3 4} died on 23 December 1940 in Plymouth Township, Richland, Ohio, United States ⁴ and was buried on 26 December 1940 in New Haven, Huron, Ohio, United States ⁴.). The cause of his death was Hodgkins Disease.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 23 June 1900, Richmond Township, Huron, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 37, Dwelling 251, Family 260
Richmond Township, Huron County, Ohio
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 3 years
Charles Smith..Head..Dec 1871..28..OH..Farmer
Alta Smith..Wife..Apr 1878..22..OH..1/1
Thelma M. Smith..Dau..May 1900..1m..OH

NOTE - Living next to parents of Charles.

  Marriage Notes:

Charles is not shown on the 1920 US Census with Alta in Illinois but her marital status was marked as "married". I have not been able to locate him anywhere for the 1920 US Census. His death certificate issued in 1940 in Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio indicates that he spent the last 20 years in a profession of what appears to be "funeral and undertaking store clerk". I have no idea why Alta would have traveled to Illinois unless she and Charles had split up. (Brian L. Lightfoot)
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