Person:Carolina Kirby Smith (1)

Watchers
Carolina Tilton Kirby Smith
m. 10 Mar 1895
  1. Edmund Kirby Smith, III1898 - 1989
  2. Carolina Tilton Kirby Smith1900 - 1972
  3. Dr. Hayden West Kirby Smith1904 - 1992
  4. Virginia Kirby Smith1906 - 1926
  5. Maria Linda Kirby Smith1911 - Aft 1941
m. 28 May 1930
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Carolina Tilton Kirby Smith
Gender Female
Birth[3] 29 Oct 1900 Jáltipan de Morelos, Veracruz, Mexico
Alt Birth[1][2] 24 Oct 1902 Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
Marriage 28 May 1930 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoto Edgar Hamilton Skidmore
Death[1][4][5] 6 Aug 1972 Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Burial[1] American Cemetery, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
  2. 2.0 2.1 United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives)
    1 Jun 1920.

    Kirby-Smith, Caroline Tilton, born Sewanee, Tenn., 2 Oct 1902.
    Father was Edmund Kirby-Smith, born in Kentucky, now residing in Mexico City.
    Resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, following occupatdon of "student."
    Intend to visit Mexico City "to spend vacation with my family."
    Will leave the U.S. at Laredo, on or about 5 Jun 1920.

    Sworn before District Court, Raleigh, N.C., 10 May 1920.

    Description: 17 yrs, 5'3", "rather high" forehead, dark brown eyes, aquiline nose, medium mouth, small chin, dark brown hair, "slightly olive" complexion, petite face.

    "I am not married and have never been married."

    Ernest Cruikshank swears he has personally known her for 2 years. (Secretary of St. Mary's School, Raleigh, N.C.)

    Deliver passport to Miss Caroline T. Kirby-Smith, Sewanee Military Academy, Palatka, Florida.

  3. 3.0 3.1 Veracruz, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1860-1947.

    (the first-hand source, and therefore the most believable one for the date of birth)

  4. Guerrero, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1860-1987.
  5. Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974.
  6.   National Archives and Records Administration. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    19 May 1924.

    SS Monterey, sailing from Vera Cruz, 14 May 1924, arriving New York, 19 May 1924.

    Line 11: Kirby-Smith, Caroline 24 yrs, single, b. 24 Oct 1902 Sewanee, Tenn. Address: Sewanee, Tenn.