Moving West: Thirteen Generations of a Smith Family

 Family Histories

Generation Nine
Ralph M Smith and Eleanor Lloyd

1-Ralph Melvin Smith, son of Henry Albert Smith and Maria Louisa Robb, was born on 3 Feb 1871 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, died on 29 Jul 1939 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California at age 68, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. 

Ralph married Eleanor Partee Lloyd, daughter of Louis Marshall Lloyd and Sarah Elizabeth Bramel, on 24 Aug 1904 in Los Angeles County, California. Eleanor was born on 30 Dec 1878 in Neosho, Newton, Missouri, died on 25 Mar 1965 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California at age 86, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. They had two children: Esther Eleanor and Lloyd Melvin.

2-Esther Eleanor Smith was born on 28 Jun 1905 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, died on 5 Aug 1998 in Pacific Grove, Monterey, California at age 93, and was buried in Santa Cruz Memorial Park. 

Esther married Carlton Earley Byrne, son of George Griffing Byrne and Helen Fidelia Graves,. Carlton was born on 29 Mar 1905 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, died on 12 Aug 1985 in Pacific Grove, Monterey, California at age 80, and was buried in Santa Cruz Memorial Park. They had one son: George Melvin.

3-George Melvin Byrne was born on 1 Aug 1933 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 

2-Lloyd Melvin Smith was born on 29 Nov 1906 in Sherry, Wood, Wisconsin and died on 12 Mar 1998 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California at age 91. 

Lloyd married Edith Jayne, daughter of William Reynolds Jayne and Stella Moore, on 28 Aug 1931 in Alameda County, California. Edith was born on 14 May 1908 in Muscatine County, Iowa and died on 19 Nov 2011 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California at age 103. They had three children: Gordon Lloyd, Martha Merritt, and Gregory Marshall.

3-Gordon Lloyd Smith was born on 4 Jul 1933 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California and died on 29 Mar 2006 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California at age 72. 

3-Martha Merritt Smith was born in 1935 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. 

Martha married Peter Hubert Klopfer. Peter was born in 1930.

3-Gregory Marshall Smith was born in 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. 


Photographs

Lloyd and Esther Smith

Esther Smith at marriage
to Carlton Byrne


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