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Cletus Orestus Smith 1915–1990 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Oct 1915

Birth Location: Layerville, Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 27 Dec 1990

Death Location: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Father: Orestus Smith

Mother: Linnie Cunningham

Spouse(s): Shirley Goicovich, Jewell White

Children(s):

The story of Cletus Orestus Smith began in 1915 in Layerville, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Cletus Orestus Smith married Jewell May White, Shirley Jane Goicovich. Cletus Orestus Smith passed away in 1990 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Cletus Orestus Smith began in 1915 in Layerville, Rock Island, Illinois, USA.
  • Cletus Orestus Smith married Jewell May White, Shirley Jane Goicovich.
  • Cletus Orestus Smith passed away in 1990 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Cletus Smith's Ancestors

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Cletus Smith
1915–1990
Birth Place: Layerville, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Parents
Orestus R. Smith
1883–1971
Simpson, Harrison, West Virginia, USA
Linnie (Rose) Cunningham
1883–1980
Kansas, USA
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Cletus Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1915
19 Oct 1915
Birth of Cletus Orestus Smith in Layerville, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Layerville, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
1990
27 Dec 1990
Age 75
Death of Cletus Orestus Smith in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Oct 1915
    Event Place: Layerville, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985
    [2] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Place: Los Angeles; Date: 27 Dec 1990; Social Security: 568056432
    [3] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Dec 1990
    Event Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Place: Los Angeles; Date: 27 Dec 1990; Social Security: 568056432
    [2] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

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