Person:Viola Smith (15)

Viola lived with her parents during the 1920 and 1930 US Federal Censuses.

1.   United States. Social Security Administration. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015).

   Name: Viola Hazel Smith
   [Viola Smith Shaw]
   [Viola Rich]
   [Viola Gentry]
   SSN: 509015987
   Gender: Female
   Race: White
   Birth Date: 17 Jul 1915
   Birth Place: Bradenville, Pennsylvania
   Death Date: 2 Mar 2005
   Father: Peter P Smith
   Mother: Osie E Loughner
   Type of Claim: Original SSN.
   Signature on SSN Card: VIOLA HAZEL SMITH
   Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
   Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as VIOLA HAZEL SMITH; Aug 1939: Name listed as VIOLA SMITH SHAW; Mar 1956: Name listed as VIOLA HAZ RICH; 08 Nov 1976: Name listed as VIOLA H GENTRY

2.   Viola H Smith Rich, in Find A Grave.

   Viola H. Gentry, 89, Herington, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005.
   
   Mrs. Gentry was born Viola H. Smith on July 17, 1915, in Bradenville, Pa. She was a homemaker.
   
   She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Edward Rich, in 1972.
   
   Survivors include her husband; two stepsons; two brothers; and two sisters.
   
   The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home & Crematory, 404 S. Broadway, Herington 67449. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Herington, where an Eastern Star Service will be given by Esther Chapter 96, OES.
   
   
   Family links:
   Spouse:
   James Edward Rich (1899 - 1972)

3.   Dickinson, Kansas, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
   Herington.

   Ben F Swan 44
   Viola H Swan 24
   Paul J Smith 20 brother
   Grace L S 19