Alta Willoughby

Alta Willoughby
(1878-Bef 1940)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Smith

Alta Willoughby ¹ ²

Born: April 1878, Ohio ¹
Marriage (1): Charles Smith in 1897 ¹
Died: Bef 23 December 1940

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Richmond Township, Huron, OH on 23 June 1900. 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.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Roseville, IL on 22 January 1920. 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.
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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, OH,¹ ³ ⁴ died on 23 December 1940 in Plymouth Township, Richland County, OH ⁴ and was buried on 26 December 1940 in New Haven, OH ⁴.). The cause of his death was Hodgkins Disease.

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Richmond Township, Huron, OH on 23 June 1900. 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.
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bullet 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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1 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Richmond Township, Huron County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 11B, dwelling 251, family 260, Charles Smith and Alta Willoughby; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Roseville, Warren County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 179, sheet 9B, family 283, Alta Willoughby; index and images (accessed 31 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 409.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Richmond Township, Huron County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 153, p. 192A, dwelling 46, family 50, Jacob Frederick Smith and Sophrona Catherine Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Jun 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1035.

4 Ohio Department of Health, death certificate 77353 (23 Dec 1940, Richland County), Charles Smith; digital image, FamilySearch.org, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1307272 : accessed 23 Mar 2010).

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