Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William James Smail and Bertha May Kepple




Husband William James Smail 1

           Born: 1 Jul 1860 - Pennsylvania 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Feb 1947 1
         Buried:  - Forks Zion Lutheran Church, Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA


         Father: Peter Smail (1814/1814-1894) 2
         Mother: Anna Maria "Polly" Klingensmith (1820-1864) 2 3


       Marriage: 16 Jul 1891 1



Wife Bertha May Kepple 1

           Born: 29 Nov 1873 - Pennsylvania 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Oct 1950 1
         Buried:  - Forks Zion Lutheran Church, Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA


         Father: Samuel Kepple (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Christina Klingensmith (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M Ralph Theodore Smail 1

           Born: 5 Aug 1892 - Pennsylvania 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Apr 1958 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Stella C. Shellhammer (1886-1954) 1
           Marr: 11 Apr 1917 1


2 M Russell Francis Smail 4

           Born: 3 Feb 1894 - Pennsylvania 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1924 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Robert Sylvester Smail 4

           Born: 10 Aug 1895 - Pennsylvania 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1966 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Kennedy (1900-1971) 4
           Marr: 1916 4


4 M Joseph Hamilton Smail 4

           Born: 7 Oct 1897 - Pennsylvania 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Nov 1969 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Wilda Mae Stull (1893-1963) 4
           Marr: 10 Nov 1920 - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 4


5 F Ethel Christena Smail 5

           Born: 26 Mar 1900 - Pennsylvania 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Sep 1982 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Perry Earl Darbaker, Sr. (1892-1985) 5
           Marr: 6 Apr 1921 5


6 M Melvin Earl Smail 5

           Born: 15 Jan 1904 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Louise LaVoto (1909-      ) 5
           Marr: 4 Nov 1936 5


7 M Thomas Harold Smail 6

           Born: 20 Jul 1905 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Evelyn Ross (      -      ) 6


8 M Clarence Leroy Smail 6

           Born: 2 Aug 1907 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Feb 1979 6
         Buried:  - Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, New Kensington, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Velma M. Schriner (1913-      ) 6
           Marr: 5 Jun 1934 6


9 M Andrew Lavern Smail 6

           Born: 6 Sep 1909 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Catherine Tieschinger (1919-      ) 6
           Marr: 20 Jan 1943 6


10 F Bertha Mae Smail 6

           Born: 29 Nov 1913 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ralph Tyler Hilty (1905-1978) 6 7
           Marr: 5 Mar 1935 6


11 F Alice Irene Smail 8

           Born: 5 Mar 1918 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Clifford Dean Lightner (1903-      ) 8
           Marr: 30 Jun 1934 8


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Sources


1 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 48.

2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 346.

3 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 40.

4 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 49.

5 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 50.

6 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 51.

7 Thomas E. Armstrong & June H. Moyer, History of the Armstrong Family from 980 to 1939 A.D. (Sharon, PA: 1939), Pg 76.

8 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 52.


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