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Gertrude M Smedley 1919–2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Dec 1919

Birth Location: Kempton Ford, Illinois

Death Date: 15 Jul 2001

Death Location: Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Father: Bert Smedley

Mother: Beulah Smith

Spouse(s): Elden Waldo

Children(s): Joy Chambers

Gertrude M Smedley was born in 1919 in Kempton Ford, Illinois, the child of Bert Nelson Smedley And Beulah Belle Smith. In 1950, Gertrude M Smedley resided in Kempton, Ford, Illinois, USA. Gertrude M Smedley married Elden C Waldo, and had children including Barbara J Waldo, Edwin C Waldo, Joy M Chambers, Keith L Waldo, Terry F Waldo. Gertrude M Smedley passed away in 2001 in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Gertrude M Smedley was born in 1919 in Kempton Ford, Illinois, the child of Bert Nelson Smedley And Beulah Belle Smith.
  • In 1950, Gertrude M Smedley resided in Kempton, Ford, Illinois, USA.
  • Gertrude M Smedley married Elden C Waldo, and had children including Barbara J Waldo, Edwin C Waldo, Joy M Chambers, Keith L Waldo, Terry F Waldo.
  • Gertrude M Smedley passed away in 2001 in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Gertrude Smedley's Ancestors

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Gertrude Smedley
1919–2001
Birth Place: Kempton Ford, Illinois
Parents
Bert Nelson Smedley
1885–1948
Goodland, Indiana, United States
Beulah (Belle) Smith
1888–1943
McLean, Illinois, United States
Grandparents
Henry Smedley
1848–1919
Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Catharine (or Carrie Mae) Burnham
1862–1919
Wisconsin, United States
Great-Grandparents
Nelson Burnham
1829–1900
Margaret Connor
1829–1893
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Charles Burnham
1793–1871
Amanda Belding
1804–1882

Gertrude Smedley's Descendants

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Gertrude (M) Smedley (2 Dec 1919–15 Jul 2001) m. Elden (C) Waldo (7 Aug 1916–20 Jan 1953)
  1. 1. Joy (M) Chambers 1939–2010 m. Jackie (Chambers) Sr 1937–1992

Gertrude Smedley's Timeline

4 Records

1919
2 Dec 1919
Birth of Gertrude M Smedley in Kempton Ford, Illinois
Kempton Ford, Illinois
1938
25 Sep 1938
Age 19
Gertrude M Smedley was married in Livingston, Illinois, USA
Livingston, Illinois, USA
1950
1950
Age 31
Gertrude M Smedley resided here in Kempton, Ford, Illinois, USA
Kempton, Ford, Illinois, USA
2001
15 Jul 2001
Age 82
Death of Gertrude M Smedley in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Dec 1919
    Event Place: Kempton Ford, Illinois
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Kempton, Ford, Illinois; Roll: 3778; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 27-12

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 25 Sep 1938
    Event Place: Livingston, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Kempton, Ford, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Kempton, Ford, Illinois; Roll: 3778; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 27-12

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jul 2001
    Event Place: Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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