Whitman Alpha Smith

1888 - 1959  (71 years)

• Name	Whitman Alpha Smith
  Birth	9 Aug 1888	Daisy, Stevens, Washington, United States
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LHVP-YFD
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHVP-YFD
  Residence	1911	Red Deer Sub-Districts 1-78, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  _UID	97611343950F4E21A31EC40D1742528A2879
  Death	17 Aug 1959	Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  	Smith - August 17th Whitman A. aged 71 years, beloved husband of Mrs. Alma Smith, High River, formerly of Calgary, passed away at the General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Daisy, Washington, he came to Czar, Alberta with his family in 1910 where he homesteaded and ranched until 1917 when he moved to Gladys Ridge District of High River and farmed extensively and later raised registered Hereford cattle. He also had retained a home In Calgary from 1930 to 1956. He was a member of the Glencoe Club and an ardent curler. Besides his loving wife he Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Reg (Deene) Pennell. and Mrs. C. (Mary Lou) Prowse, Calgary; one son, Whitman David Smith, Pine Lake, Alberta; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Vera McDevitt and Mrs. Evangeline Barry. both of Watson Lake, Yukon; one brother, Ralph Smith, Calgary. Services at LEYDEN'S "Chapel of Remembrance" Saturday at 1:30 m. Rev. Norman Knight officiating. Interment, family plot, Queens Park Cemetery. Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta, Canada ? Wednesday, August 19, 1959
  Burial	22 Aug 1959	Queen's Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I18388	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Elbert Elsworth Smith,   b. Jun 1862, Colorado, United States d. 27 Jun 1936, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Lilly May Pea,   b. Jan 1867, Calloway, Kentucky, United States d. 29 May 1943, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 76 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1885	Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States
  Family ID	F5839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alma Pearl Callander,   b. Abt 1893, Hartney, Manitoba, Canada d. 4 Feb 1969, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age ~ 76 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb 1913	Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, United States
  Children	1. Junita Smith,   b. 1915, Alberta, Canada d. Bef 1921, Alberta, Canada (Age 5 years) + 2. Nadine Ethel "Etta" Smith,   b. 16 May 1920, Czar, Alberta, Canada d. 2006, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 85 years)   3. Mary Louise Smith,   b. 1921   d. 2002 (Age 81 years) + 4. Whitman David "David" Smith,   b. 4 Aug 1929, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada d. 19 Apr 2016, Red Deer, Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F5838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 26 Feb 1913 - Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, United States Death - 17 Aug 1959 - Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada, Alberta, Marriages Index, 1898-1942, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 10 Jun 2023), entry for Whitman Alpha Smith, person ID LHVP-YFD. (Reliability: 3).