Profile: Georgena Viola Smith (1883-1978)

Georgena Viola Smith (1883-1978)

Georgena Viola Smith was born 22 December, 1863, the second child and eldest daughter of Adam Smith and Kate Williams [D04856, D04833]. In her younger years, she worked as a seamstress in Toronto [D04880] and lived in Buffalo, New York for a time between 1904 and 1905 [D04881]. She later worked as a practicing nurse back in Eugenia Falls where she grew up [D04881]. She also played organ at the Methodist (later United) church, including at her sister's wedding [D04874].

In 1941 she moved to San Leandro, California to live with her aunt Edith Bostaph. A border crossing card from 1941 describes her as being five feet, eight and a half inches in height, with brown eyes, medium complexion and grey-brown hair [D04881]. The card also mentioned a slight scar on her nose [D04881]. Although she never married, she remained close with her family and made frequent visits to see her parents, aunts and uncles [D04873, D04923, D04881]. She died 18 March, 1978 at the age of 95 [D04833, D04811] and is buried in Flesherton Cemetery along with her younger sister, Daisy May [D04811]

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Sources
[D04811] Flesherton Cemetery (Flesherton, Grey, Ontario).

[D04833] Grey County Surname Collection , 1978; digital images (accessed 2 Nov 2018), Grey County Surname Collection.

[D04856] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, 1845867: 622, 9996, 70; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (28 Oct 2018).

[D04873] "Eugenia Paragraphs," Flesherton Advance, June 6,1912, p. 1, col. 3; digital images(accessed 18 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

[D04874] "Morgan-Smith," Flesherton Advance, June 13, 1912, p. 4, col. 1; digital images(accessed 18 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

[D04880] 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, district 128, sub-district 87, Toronto, p. 1, dwelling 4, family 4; RG 31; digital images,Ancestry.com (accessed 3 Nov 2018).

[D04881] "Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists 1905-1963," online images, Ancestry.ca (accessed 16 Jan 2019), 3 Feb 1941.

[D04923] "Eugenia," Flesherton Advance, October 22, 1930, p. 1, col. 1; digital images(accessed 17 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.