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Olive Aurora Smeltzer

Female 1883 - 1969  (86 years)


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  • Name Olive Aurora Smeltzer  [1
    Birth 5 Apr 1883  Elkhart County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Burial 1969  Buried In Olive Cemetery, Elkhart County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Aug 1969  Elkhart County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4179  Carl
    Last Modified 20 May 2012 

    Father Daniel Smeltzer,   b. 28 Nov 1857, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1939, Elkhart County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Ida May Lammond,   b. 25 May 1862, Putnam Co, OH, Greensburgh Twp Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1936, Wakarusa, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jan 1879  Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ira and Olive lived in Wakarusa where Ira taught school and Olive was the first telephone operator in Wakarusa. In later years they moved to Elkhart where Ira owned rental properties and was active in the Democratic Party and became State Rertative. Their two sons died at birth.

      The above is from a short history of the Smeltzer family found in the library in Wakarusa, Indiana in the fall of 1997.

  • Sources 
    1. [S245] GEDCOM file imported on 18 Oct 2003.


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