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Gertrude Alice Smith was born 6 August 1870 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts to Alfred E. Smith and Louisa A. Parker.1
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Gertrude had three known siblings, William, and two that died as infants, Josephine and Alfred.2 Josephine and Alfred are both buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.3
When Gertrude was only seven, her mother, Louisa A. Parker Smith, died at the age of 33 on 18 November 1877 in New Bedford from childbirth complications.4 Louisa is buried in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.5
In 1880, Gertrude and William were living at 65 High Street in New Bedford with their father, Alfred, and Susan P. Dillingham, the half-sister of their father’s second wife, Hannah.6 Alfred Smith and Hannah Nye Dillingham married on 15 June 1880 in New Bedford.7 Alfred and Hannah had three known children, Grace, Helen, and Sydney.8
Gertrude attended Middle Street Grammar School, then New Bedford High School, receiving a certificate in 1890.9
Following high school, Gertrude moved to Boston where she lived and worked as a nurse for decades.10
Gertrude’s father, Alfred E. Smith, died at the age of 88 in New Bedford in 1926.11 Gertrude’s brother, William Ernest Smith, died in 1933.12
Gertrude’s half-sister, Grace D. Smith, also a nurse, died in 1937 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts at the age of 53.13
Gertrude Alice Smith died at the age of 81 on 5 April 1952 in Brookline, Norfolk County., Massachusetts.14
Gertrude’s half-sister, Helen Holbrook Smith McKenzie, died in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1973.15
Gertrude’s half-brother, Sydney Freeman Smith, died at the age of 87 on 6 May 1980 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.16
Endnotes
1. New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Births Register 1870, vol. 4, p. 62, no. 270, Female Smith, 6 Aug 1870. Parents: Alfred E. [Smith], born in England, and Louisa A. Parker, born in Nantucket. Father’s occupation: Gold decorator.
Also, full name, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, Gertrude Alice Smith. Birth: 6 Aug 1870, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
2. Gertrude’s parent’s marriage
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Marriage Register 1865, p. 55, no. 135, Alfred E. Smith–Louisa A. Parker, 3 July 1865.
Groom: Alfred E. Smith, age 27, born in England. Occupation: glass decorator. Parents: William and Sarah.
Bride: Louisa A. Parker, age 20, born in Nantucket. Parents: Isaac and Louisa.
Gertrude’s brother, William
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births Register 1865, p. 117, no. 128, William Ernest Smith, 6 July 1865. Parents: Alfred E. and Louisa A. Father’s occupation: Gilder.
Gertrude’s sister, Josephine
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Deaths Register 1867, p. 124, no. 5444, Josephine Alice Smith, 4 Aug 1867. Birthplace: Glover Street. Parents: Alfred E. [Smith], born in England, and Louisa A., born in Boston. Father’s occupation: Glass decorator.
Also, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Deaths Register 1868, no. 5071, Josephine A. Smith, 27 Nov 1868. Age: 1 year, 3 months, 23 days. Birthplace: Boston. Place of death: D & Fourth Streets. Parents: Alfred E. Smith, born in England, and Louisa A. born in Nantucket. Cause of death: Measles. Burial: Forest Hills.
Gertrude’s brother, Alfred
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Births Register 1872, no. 1211, Alfred E. Smith, Apr 1872. Place of birth: New Bedford. Parents: Alfred E. and Louis. Father’s occupation: Glass blower.
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Deaths in Boston Register 1872, p. 173, no. 5216, Alfred E. Smith, 31 Aug 1872. Age: 4 months. Cause of death: Marasmus. Residence and place of death: 173 Seventh. Birthplace: New Bedford. Parents: Alfred E. and Louisa A. Burial: Forest Hills.
3. Find A Grave, memorial 234236367, Josephine Alice Smith (1867–1868), Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; no headstone photo.
Also, Find A Grave, memorial 234277995, Alfred E. Smith (1872–1872), Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; no headstone photo.
4. Gertrude’s mother’s death – Louisa A. Parker Smith
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deaths Register 1877, vol. 4, p. 64, no. 527, Louisa A. Smith, 18 Nov 1877. Age: 33. Cause of death: Child bed. Place of death: 3 Pleasant, New Bedford. Birthplace: Nantucket. Parents: Isaac H. and Louisa F. Parker, both born in Nantucket. Burial: Rural Cemetery, New Bedford.
5. Find A Grave, memorial 168651727, Louisa Ann Parker Smith (1844–1877), Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; no headstone photo.
6. 1880 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 110, page 12D, dwelling 104, family 162, Alfred E. Smith household.
Address: 65 High Street
– Alfred E. Smith, age 44, born in England, decorator
– William E., son, age 14, born in Massachusetts
– Gertrude A., daughter, age 9, born in Massachusetts
– Sarah P. Dillingham, [no relationship listed], age 38, born in Massachusetts, occupation housekeeper.
Note: Sarah P. Dillingham was the half-sister of Hannah Nye Dillingham.
New Bedford, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Standard Certificate of Death, no. 135, Sarah P. Dillingham, 9 Dec 1920. Birth: 4 Dec 1841, Sandwich, Massachusetts. Single. Parents: Freeman B., born in Sandwich, and Pauline Freeman, born in Skowhegan, Maine. Burial: 12 Dec 1920, Rural Cemetery.
7. Gertrude’s father’s second marriage – Alfred E. Smith and Hannah Nye Dillingham
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Marriage Register 1880, vol. 5, p. 65, no. 146, Sandwich, Alfred E. Smith–Hannah Nye Dillingham, 15 June 1880. Place of marriage: Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Groom: Alfred E. Smith, age 43, second marriage. Occupation: glass decorator. Born in England. Parents: William and Sarah.
Bride: Hannah Nye Dillingham, age 29, first marriage. Born in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Parents: Freeman [Dillingham] and Abigail B. Nye.
8. Gertrude’s father, step-mother, and half-siblings
1900 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 187, sheet 13B, dwelling 247, family 315, Alfred E. Smith household.
Address: 27 Chestnut Street.
– Alfred E. Smith, age 62, married 16 years, born in Jan 1838 in England, decorator
– Hannah W., wife, age 44, married 16 years, born in Jan 1856 in Massachusetts, 3 children born, 3 living
– Grace D., daughter, age 15, born in Dec 1884 in Massachusetts
– Helen H., daughter, age 8, born in Dec 1891 in Massachusetts
– Sydney F., son, age 7, born in Sept 1892 in Massachusetts
9. Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of New Bedford, with the Superintendent’s Annual Report, for the Year 1890, (New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Company, 1891), p. 21-23, New Bedford High School Graduating Exercise, 27 June 1890, Gertrude Alice Smith.
Also, “Admission to the High School,” newspaper article, The Evening Standard (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 10 July 1886, p. 5, col. 3.
Also, “New Bedford High School Class of 1890”; photograph held by the New Bedford Free Public Library photograph collection, New Bedford, Massachusetts; published online at Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collection Online.
10. 1900 U.S. census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 1396, sheet 84A, dwelling 115, family 171, Maria D. Waterman household.
Address: 7 Sayward Street
– Maria D. Waterman, age 62, widowed, born in July 1837 in Massachusetts
– Mary, daughter, age 37, single, born in May 1863 in Connecticut, school teacher
– Eleanor, daughter, age 31, single, born in May 1868 in Massachusetts
– Gertrude A. Smith, boarder, age 29, single, born in Aug 1870 in Massachusetts, framed nurse
Also, Boston City Directory 1918, p.1410, Gertrude A. Smith.
– Smith, Gertrude A nurse bds 20 Charlesgate west
Also, 1920 U.S. census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 240, sheet 15A, dwelling 94, family 560, Tabitha Fitzgerald household.
Address: 36 Peterborough Street
– Tabitha Fitzgerald, age 44, single, born in Massachusetts, teacher
– Gertrude A. Smith, lodger, age 49, single, born in Massachusetts, nurse
Also, Boston City Directory 1929 (Boston, Massachusetts : Sampson and Murdock, 1929), p. 1893, Gertrude A. Smith.
– Smith, Gertrude A nurse h 36 Peterborough
– Also on same page, Smith, Grace D nurse res 523 Mass av
Also, 1940 U.S. census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 15-166, sheet 5B, dwelling 144, Gertrude A. Smith household.
Address: 40 Clearway Street
– Gertrude A. Smith, age 69, single, born in Massachusetts, nurse
11. Gertrude’s father’s death – Alfred E. Smith
Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Death Index, 1926-1930, New Bedford, Bristol County, Alfred E. Smith, 1926, vol. 60, p. 210.
12. Gertrude’s brother’s death – William Ernest Smith
Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards 1733–1990, Columbia Lodge, William Ernest Smith. Birth: 6 July 1865. Death: 11 Dec 1933.
“William E. Smith,” obituary, Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 13 Dec 1933, p. 15, col. 2.
13. Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Death Index, 1936-1940, Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Grace D. Smith, 1937, vol. 87, p. 308.
Also, Boston City Directory 1929 (Boston, Massachusetts : Sampson and Murdock, 1929), p. 1893, Grace D. Smith.
– Smith, Grace D nurse res 523 Mass av
Also, 1930 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 473, sheet 16B, Tewksbury State Hospital, Grace D. Smith.
Address: Tewksbury State Hospital
– Grace D. Smith, inmate, age 45, single, born in Massachusetts, occupation reg. nurse [crossed out] none
14. “Gertrude A. Smith,” funeral notice, Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 7 Apr 1952, p. 17, col. 2.
15. “Helen H. Smith McKenzie,” obituary, Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 11 Dec 1973, p. 18, col. 7.
Find A Grave, memorial 197720308, Helen McKenzie (1890–1973), Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; no headstone photo.
16. “Sydney F. Smith,” obituary, The Standard Times (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 8 May 1980.
Also, Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Death Index, no. 031141, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Sydney F. Smith, 6 May 1980. Birth: 12 Sept 1892.
Also, Find A Grave, memorial 234283286, Sydney Freeman Smith (1892–1980), Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, author, “Gertrude Alice Smith (1870–1952),” Cool Adventures (https://cooladventures.com/collection/gertrude-alice-smith-1870-1952/ : posted 2021).