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Gladys Love Smith 1912 – 1958 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 April 1912

Birth Location: Tupelo, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA

Death Date: 14 August 1958

Death Location: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

Father: Robert Smith

Mother: Octavia Mansell

Spouse(s): Matthew Copous, Vernon Presley

Children(s): Jessie Presley, Elvis Presley, Jesse Presley, Elvis Presley, Baby Presley, Barbara Presley, Barbra Presley

In 1912, Gladys Love Smith entered the world in Tupelo, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA, born to Robert Lee Smith and Octavia Mansell. Years later, Gladys Love Smith married Matthew Erastus Copous and Vernon Elvis Presley, and the couple became parents to Jessie Garon Presley, Elvis Aaron Presley, Jesse Garon Presley, Elvis Presley, Baby Girl "Love" Presley, Barbara Sue Presley and Barbra Sue (Love) Presley. Gladys Love Smith died in 1958 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

Robert Smith
1878 – 1932
Birth Location: Saltillo, Lee, Mississippi, USA
RS
Octavia Mansell
1876 – 1935
Birth Location: Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Matthew Copous
1911 – 1987
Birth Location: Tennessee
MC
Vernon Presley
1916 – 1979
Birth Location: Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA
VP

Children(s)

Jessie Presley
1935 – 1935
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, United States
JP
Elvis Presley
1935 – 1977
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, USA
EP
Jesse Presley
1935 – 1935
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, USA
JP
Elvis Presley
1935 – 1977
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, USA
EP
Baby Presley
1942 – 1942
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, United States
BP
Barbara Presley
1942 – 1942
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi
BP
Barbra Presley
1942 – 1942
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, USA
BP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 25 April 1912
    Event Place: Tupelo, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Memphis, She

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Memphis, She

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 August 1958
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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