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• Also Known As: Dick
• Occupation: laborer
• _UID: C816B633A5E6B345BE918F0E8C817AC3804F

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Even though each record states he was born in a different place, I believe he was born in Canada as his sister, Bertha Asche was born in Canada and migrated to the United States in 1898 and lived in Pennsylvania. I have post cards to Richard Smith in Montana from her and her children.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Bertha E Ashe
Home in 1900: Brokenstraw, Warren, Pennsylvania
Age: 39
Birth Date: Jul 1860
Birthplace: Canada (Eng.) [Canada English]
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1898
Relationship to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Canada (Eng.)
Mother's Birthplace: Canada (Eng.)
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 5
Spouse's name: William
Marriage Year: 1889
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 11
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
William Ashe 33
Bertha E Ashe 39
Elsie E Ashe 9
Earnest W Ashe 7
Bertha L Ashe 5



Both parents were listed in the 1910 census as English Canadians

The 1894 federal census, Michigan, Bay Co. Pinconning Village, dated June 8, 1894 (film #915292) page 206 family 822:
Smith,Richard, age 30 M Boarder, single, carpenter, bp Indiana, father bp Canada, mother bp Indiana
15 years in state.
Sly, Elizabeth. age 35 F wife marr, 3 children, 3 living, bp Indiana, fath bp Canada, mo bp Indiana
15 years in state
Sly, Carrie age 15 F daug single, bp Michigan, father bp Indiana, mother bp Indiana
Sly, Addie M age 12 F daug single, bp Michigan, father bp Indiana, mother bp Indiana
Sly, Earnest age 10 M son single, bp Michigan father bp Indiana, mother bp Indiana

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Smith
Age in 1910: 44 [49]
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866 [abt 1861]
Birthplace: Canada, Irish
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Canada English
Mother's Birth Place: Canada English
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Home in 1910: School District 10, Lincoln, Montana
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1894
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Smith 44
Elizabeth Smith 31
Bertha I Hserman 7

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Smith
Home in 1930: Terriault, Lincoln, Montana
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Michigan
Relation to Head of House: Head widow
Race: White
Occupation: labor, Education: Military service: no, own home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: bothPennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Smith 68

Montana Death Index, 1860-2007
Name: Richard Smith
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Gender: Male
Death Date: 1 Feb 1932
Index Number: BT 8350
Source: Montana Office of Vital Statistics

Obituary (Eureka Mirror) 26 Mar 1937
Richard (Dick) Smith, an old time resident of this district, passed away Sunday night at the Libby hospital where he had been taken for treatment.
Mr. Smith was one of the outstanding characters in this neighborhood and spent most of time fighting conditions which he believed to be wrong. Many stories are told of his early day battles with the lumber and public officials.
Funeral services were held yesterday morning from Gumpfs Funeral home with Rev Fred A Datton of the full Gospel Church officiating.

Richard Smith was born about 1860 in Canada. He was listed in the Michigan 1894 census as a carpenter. It is said that in Montana he was a bricklayer, then a ditch tender of the irrigation ditch and that little by little he lost most of his land through lawsuits he initiated. It is also said that he was ornery, but Bertha remembers him as kind to her. After Libby died and Dick got old, he moved to town with one of their old neighbors and some one took what they wanted out of the house and it was burned to the ground. So nothing was left." "When Dick was buried, I was surprised as he was a real good looking man. He always wore a mustache and the undertaker shaved it off. The reason he wore a mustache, he had a big birth mark on his upper lip. And he was so clean." Richard Smith died in Eureka, Montana.

Richard married Elizabeth Close on 14 Jul 1900 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of James CLOSE and Nancy Ann DOUGHERTY) was born on 25 Dec 1858 in , Adams, Indiana, United States; died on 8 Jul 1919 in Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States; was buried on 9 Jul 1919 in Tobacco Plains Cemetery, Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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marriage place and year stated in obituary: The Eureka Journal, 10 Oct 1919

http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/MarriageSearchServlet
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900

SMITH, RICHARD SLYH, ELIZABETH (MRS) 1900-07-14 / 269 WINNEBAGO

Winnebago County
400 West State Street
Rockford, IL 61101

Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940
Name James Close
Sex Male
Wife Nancy N Dougherty
Daughter Elizabeth Close Slyh
Other information in the record of Richard Smith and Elizabeth Close Slyh
from Illinois, County Marriages
Name Richard Smith
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 14 Jul 1900
Event Place Winnebago, Illinois, United States
Gender Male
Age 37
Birth Year (Estimated) 1863
Father's Name Jessie M Smith
Mother's Name Charity Brightman
Spouse's Name Elizabeth Close Slyh
Spouse's Titles and Terms Mrs
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Father's Name James Close
Spouse's Mother's Name Nancy N Dougherty

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• _UID: E1BB26B0C8A4D44D8FBEEA63B250690A0E1B

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Died Bright's disease
GMGZ-CH4

Jessie married Charity Ann Ryckman on 20 Feb 1850 in Dunville, Willington, Ontario, Canada. Charity (daughter of Albert Ryckman and Charity Warren) was born on 9 Jun 1827 in Upper Canada; died on 30 Sep 1906 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 2356FF91766B8D408202CB19FCB3024F1F25

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• _UID: 99869EDAFFF8D4428C0ADEF5FF96991E5907

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Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871
NameAlbert Ryckman
Age78
Estimated Birth Year1793 Gender Male Birth Place New York State
Residence District Prince Edward Residence Location Sophiasburgh
Religion Episcopal Methodist / Methodist Episcopal
OccupationFarmer
Division2Microfilm RollC-9990 PageD
Head of Household
CommentThe page number 'D' means that this individual did not appear in the regular census schedule, but instead was listed on the schedule that recorded deaths that had taken place within the last twelve months. When looking at the microfilm rolls, you will fin

Albert married Charity Warren on 5 Jul 1818. Charity (daughter of John Warren and Elizabeth Green) was born on 18 Sep 1788 in New Amsterdam, New York, USA; died on 19 Sep 1874 in Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5D4F3665FEE8D44AA05DEBCBA8217CBD0004

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COD Paralysis

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• _UID: B9F3D7C77E10044E8930B20DD2495C6F8877

Philippus married Rebecca Nagel. Rebecca was born in 1761; died in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 45967351D403BE4AB86F0F86F91FA31E13FE

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• _UID: A2AF2758C353364F89D8272B66DDFF2686D7

John married Elizabeth Green. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 73650F7E499DBC42B8E21A8629B18BE3CB00