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Paulina Smith 1868–1937 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1868

Birth Location: Indiana, United States

Death Date: 19 May 1937

Death Location: Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA

Father: John Smith

Mother: Orpha Smith

Spouse(s): Wesley Vaughn

Children(s): Mary Vaughn, Frank Vaughn, Edwin Vaughn, John Vaughn, Orpha Vaughn, Alice Vaughn, Theodore Vaughn

Paulina Smith was born in 1868 in Indiana, United States, the child of John Ashton Smith And Orpha Dooley Smith. Paulina Smith married Wesley Vaughn, and had children including Alice Marjorie Vaughn, Edwin Alfred Vaughn, Frank Wesley Vaughn, John Ashton Vaughn, Mary Ellen Ella Vaughn, Orpha Marilla Vaughn, Theodore Henry Vaughn. Paulina Smith passed away in 1937 in Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA.

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Biography

  • Paulina Smith was born in 1868 in Indiana, United States, the child of John Ashton Smith And Orpha Dooley Smith.
  • Paulina Smith married Wesley Vaughn, and had children including Alice Marjorie Vaughn, Edwin Alfred Vaughn, Frank Wesley Vaughn, John Ashton Vaughn, Mary Ellen Ella Vaughn, Orpha Marilla Vaughn, Theodore Henry Vaughn.
  • Paulina Smith passed away in 1937 in Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Paulina Smith's Ancestors

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Paulina Smith
1868–1937
Birth Place: Indiana, United States
Parents
John Ashton Smith
1838–1911
Pleasant, Grant, Indiana, United States
Orpha (Dooley) Smith
1839–1916
Preble Co., Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Moses (B. Dooley) Jr
1778–1850
Elk Creek, Bedford Co., Virginia, USA
Palentine Dooley
1803–1877
Ireland, Douglas, Georgia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Moses Sr.
1748–1822
Mary Boyd
1752–1819
Richard (Ryan)
1756–1839
Sarah ?
1770–1807
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Paulina Smith's Descendants

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Paulina Smith (3 Aug 1868–19 May 1937) m. Wesley Vaughn (5 Sep 1861–12 Feb 1948)
  1. 1. Mary (Ellen "Ella") Vaughn 1886–1985 m. Heinrich ("Henry" August) Blankenfeld 1881–1963
    1. 1. Earl (J) Blankenfeld 1913–1913
    2. 2. Floyd (Ferry) Blankenfeld 1900–1975
    3. 3. Floyd (Henry) Blankenfeld 1908–1986
    4. 4. Helen (Ella) Blankenfeld 1910–2008 m. Dale (Larson) Mansfield 1910–1991
      1. 1. Gail Reinert 1944–2016
      2. 2. Jean (Orpha) Ireland 1930–2020 m. William (W.) Ireland 1928–1998 m. William (Wayne) Ireland 1928–1998
      3. 3. James (Dale) Mansfield 1931–2020
      4. 4. Harry (F) Mansfield 1937–2021
      5. 5. Virginia (Mae) Mansfield 1939–2016 m. Thomas (Ross) Gagnon 1928–2010
      6. 6. Linda (Lee) Flewelling 1942–2020 m. Raymond (Leroy) Flewelling 1939–2012
      7. 7. Judith (Ann) Mansfield 1950–2021 m. Ralph (Eugene) Sutton 1926–2013 m. Charles (Edward) Gross 1932–2017
      8. 8. Paul (Henry) Mansfield 1948–1948
      9. 9. Keith (Neville) Mansfield 1935–1997
    5. 5. Clyde (Vaughn) Blankenfeld 1915–1924
    6. 6. John (L) Blankenfeld 1917–1917
  2. 2. Frank (Wesley) Vaughn 1887–1971
  3. 3. Edwin (Alfred) Vaughn 1892–1906
  4. 4. John (Ashton) Vaughn 1894–1981
  5. 5. Orpha (Marilla) Vaughn 1896–1981 m. Joseph (Henry) Jirak 1893–1975
    1. 1. Gerald (Joseph Jirak C9C2C1 8th cousin) 1x 1923–1994
  6. 6. Alice (Marjorie) Vaughn 1907–1995 m. Glen (William Vawser c9 c2) c1 1906–1978
    1. 1. Theodora (Mae Vawser C9 C2 C1 8th cousin) 1x 1926–1992 m. Vern (Vilas Larson) c9c2c1 1920–2006
    2. 2. Ruth (Marie Vawser C9 C2 C1 8th cousin) 1x 1929–1930
    3. 3. Leland (Eugene Vawser C9C2C1 8th cousin) 1x 1931–2015
    4. 4. Lowell (W) Vawser 1933–2022
  7. 7. Theodore (Henry) Vaughn 1902–2000

Paulina Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1868
3 Aug 1868
Birth of Paulina Smith in Indiana, United States
Indiana, United States
1937
19 May 1937
Age 69
Death of Paulina Smith in Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA
Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Aug 1868
    Event Place: Indiana, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1937
    Event Place: Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska, USA

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