John SMUIN, JR.
Family Journal of Edith Duncan Smuin
BIRTH: LTR 95- From the LDS Church's Genealogical Society. DEATH: LTR 42- Idaho death certificate., gives birth date and names of parents. FAMILY: LTR 523- Page from the family ledger of Edith Duncan Smuin. This is a short, hand-written will of John Smuin, b. 1852 in England. It lists all his children. OTHER: Edith Duncan recorded the following about John Smuin in her Family Journal. "John Smuin was an apprentice in the linen trade in England when a young boy. He came to America with his parents and sisters in a group of emigrants at age 13.His parents stopped in N.Y. but he came on to Odgen Utah with his sister MarthaSmuin McFarlane on the first train to cross the country as far as Ogden." OCCUPATION: Mercantile store manager ORDINANCES: LTR 95-(Baptism) From the LDS Church's Genealogical Society. LTR 119- Temple Index Card- gives birth and other personal information. On both this record and the one above, his mother is listed as Jane Pewsey. Family and other records show her as Jane Pursey Honey. The Pewsey/ Pursey name may be the maiden name of her mother, which is unknown at this time.........Bla 01/25/02
Note: The recorded date of baptism is only a few days before the recorded date of the endowment (both while she was living). These are the dates in the IGI files. BIRTH: LTR 41- Copy of Idaho death certifate which gives date of birth and names of parents. ORDINANCES: LTR 119- Temple Index Card. Interestingly, there are two dates on this card. One date of 1869, which would probably indicate baptism as a child. (Her parents were earlier baptized.) Then there is a date of 21 July 1878- just before she went to the temple to be married. Even more interesting is that the Ordinance File shows that her siblings also have a baptism date which is just before endowment date. I have left the July 1878 date in my records as this is what the official church records show...............Bla 12/22/01
BIRTH- LTR 49- CALIF DEATH CERT #3401, GIVES DATE AND STATE, NOT PLACE FAMILY RECORDS OF LIDA LAVERNE MCCOMBS SMUIN LTR 563- World War I Civilian Draft Records of Idaho MARRIAGE- LTR 87 AND SACRAMENTO CO., CA RECORDS BOOK 39-MARRIAGES, PG. 55 TO EDITH DUNCAN LTR 47- REPRODUCTION OF LOGAN SEALING CERT TO EDITH DUNCAN LTR 52- TEMPLE INDEX CARD OF SEALING TO MARTHA PEARL WEST DEATH- LTR 49- CA DEATH CERT #3401 TEMPLE- LTR 52- TEMPLE INDEX BUREAU RECORD FOR BAPTISM AND ENDOWMENT IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE
BIRTH: LTR 147- Utah death certificate, gives date and location of birth, as well as parents names DEATH: LTR 147- Utah death certificate. ORDINANCES: LTR 169- Temple Index Card.
BIRTH: LTR 112- Idaho death certificate, gives birth date and location as well as names of parents LTR 563- World War I Civilian Draft Records of Idaho DEATH: LTR 531- Ancestry.com information, also verifies birth information ORDINANCES: LTR 169- On the Ordinance File, the baptized date is after the endowed date because the orginal baptism date was either lost or not recorded. Subsequently proxy baptisms were performed. This Temple Index Card gives the correct information.........Bla 01/22/02
BIRTH: LTR 111- Idaho death certificate, gives birth date and place, as well as names of parents. DEATH: Per telephone conversation with her daughter, Barbara Larson, 01/20/02.......Bla LTR 111- Idaho death certificate. TEMPLE: LTR 169- Temple Index Card from the Logan Temple, gives birthdate, parents and baptsm information. The Ordinance Index has a baptismal date which is after the endowment date. Apparently, the Church has lost the original date. I used the date on this Temple Index Card.......Bla 01/22/02
BIRTH: LTR 107- California death certificate, gives birth date, location and parents names. LTR 563- World War I Civilian Draft Records of Idaho DEATH: LTR 107- California death certificate LTR 513-2 AND 513-2- California Death and Cemetery records from Rootsweb.com.
BIRTH: LTR 116, California Death certificate, give birth and death information. LTR 563- World War I Civilian Draft Records of Idaho DEATH: LTR 532- Ancestry.com information. Corroborates family records.
BIRTH: Note: Social Security records report date of birth as 5 Sep 1891, two years earlier than family records. As sometimes people were anxious to receive benefits, ages were advanced for social security records. However, we have used the Social Security date in our records.........Bla 03/22/01
DEATH: LTR 58- Funeral remembrance, gives birth and death information LTR 524- Internet record for California Deaths ORDINANCES: LTR- 484. The baptized date on the Ordinance File is after the endowed date because the orginal baptism date was either lost or not recorded. Subsequently, proxy baptisms were performed. But I found old LTR 174, which gives the original baptism date and which I have used.
BIRTH: LTR 563- World War I Civilian Draft Records of Idaho DEATH: LTR 524- Internet record for California deaths ORDINANCES: LTR 220- Temple Index Card from the Los Angeles Temple, gives birth, parentage and ordinance data
BIRTH: LTR 157- Idaho Death Certificate, gives birth information, including parents names. Wife was the informant. DEATH: LTR 157- Idaho Death Certificate. OCCUPATION: Carpenter
He married Harriet Matilda Barker 25 Jul 1878 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Harriet Matilda Barker was born at Mount Fort, Ogden, Weber, Utah 23 Sep 1859 daughter of William Barker and Mary Ann Pain Holt .
They were the parents of 11
children:
John Leroy Smuin
born 10 Jun 1879.
Harriet Barker Smuin
born 26 Apr 1881.
William Smuin
born 12 Jan 1883.
Mary Jane Smuin
born 5 Feb 1885.
Charles Smuin
born 22 Jan 1887.
Thomas A. Smuin
born 20 Feb 1889.
Mabel Smuin
born 5 Sep 1891.
Franklin Smuin
born 11 Sep 1893.
George Smuin
born 11 Nov 1896.
Ethel May Smuin
born 2 Apr 1899.
Blocked
John Smuin, Jr. died 9 Oct 1926 at Downey, Bannock, Idaho .
Harriet Matilda Barker died 7 Dec 1918 at Rexburg, MAdison, Idaho .