Ansel Brown SMITH & Harriet Griswold FITCH

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Ansel Brown SMITH
Harriet Griswold FITCH

Husband: Ansel Brown SMITH
Birth: 24 Aug 1835, Castile, Wyoming Co., NY
Father: Ezra Brewster SMITH (1794-1875)
Mother: Harriet Maria ROGERS (1796-1836)

Marriage: 9 Jun 1859, Ballville, Sandusky Co., OH

Wife: Harriet "Hattie" Griswold FITCH
Birth: 13 Aug 1839, Lower Sandusky, Erie Co., OH
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

1. Kate Fitch SMITH, b. 10 Feb 1861, NY — probably in Castile, Wyoming Co., NY
2. Amy Prentice SMITH, b. 31 Jul 1866, IL
3. George Chester SMITH, b. 28 Feb 1871 — probably in Elyria, Lorain Co., OH

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #51 of 59): Castile P.O., Town of Castile, Wyoming Co., NY, Roll M653_884, p. 389, PN 51, 442/434, enumerated 10 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Ansel B Smith 24 M Farmer 3000 632 NY

Hattie G " 24 F Housekeeping OH

3. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #87 of 104 — indexed "James M. Chapman"): Elyria P.O., Elyria Village, Elyria Twp., Lorain Co., OH, Roll M593_1235, p. 498B, PN 60, 439/476, enumerated 14 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Wood James B 71 M W Retired Farmer 2500 15000 Mass

Chapman James W 24 M W " " 5000 40000 Ohio

_______ Margaret 23 F W Keeping House New York

Smith Ansel 37 M W Day Laborer "

_____ Harriet 30 F W Keeping House Ohio

_____ Kate 9 F W At Home New York

_____ Anny 3 F W " Illinois

Hazel Mary 18 F W Domestic Ohio

There are four "bumps" between the "A" and the "y" in the youngest daughter's name, but surely it should have been three.

4. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 47): Castile, Wyoming Co., NY, Roll T9_948, p. 89A, PN 17, SD 10, ED 200, enumerated 8 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

199 208 Smith Ansel W M 45 / Insurance Clk NY CT CT

_____ Harrette W F 39 Wife / Keeping House OH OH OH

_____ Kate F W F 19 Dau / At School / NY NY OH

_____ Amy C W F 14 Dau / At School / IL NY OH

_____ Geo W M 8 Son / / OH NY OH

5. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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