Person:Elizabeth Smith (264)

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Elizabeth Smith
b.14 Jan 1896 Brooklyn,Kings Co,New York
d.5 May 1983 Orlando,Florida
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m. 5 Nov 1895
  1. Elizabeth Smith1896 - 1983
  2. Francis Xavier Smith1897 - 1919
  3. Frederick Smith1898 - 1907
  4. Charles James Smith1900 - 1906
  5. Katherine Eunice Smith1903 - 1983
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Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth Smith
Gender Female
Birth? 14 Jan 1896 Brooklyn,Kings Co,New York
Marriage to Alvin Darmstardt
Death? 5 May 1983 Orlando,Florida
Burial? May 1983 Nassau Co,Ny

birth parents: Frederick Smith and Helen Fullerton (1)

Elizabeth Smith was known by the name Bessie. ABOUT 1963, WHILE VISITING HER NIECE IRENE REAVES DEGNEN'S FARM IN COPAKE FALLS NY, ELIZABETH'S OTHER NIECE, GENEVIEVE REAVES MCCLOSKEY, COMMENTED TO ELIZABETH "YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS AN INDIAN". ELIZABETH APPEARED UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE STATEMENT AND ONLY RESPONDED "THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY". WHEN TOLD BY GENEVIEVE THERE WERE INDIANS ON LONG ISLAND STILL, ELIZABETH STATED "THEY'RE NEGROES NOT INDIANS". APPARENTLY ELIZABETH SAW HER GRANDFATHER'S INDIAN IDENTITY AS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ON LONG ISLAND CLAIMING INDIAN IDENITY IN 1963. WHEN IRENE REAVES WENT ON VISITS TO HER AUNT BESSIE'S HOUSE IN OCEANSIDE NY IN THE 1920'S, IRENE REMEMBERS HER AUNT BESSIE HAD NO ELECTRICITY. KEROSENE LAMPS WERE USED FOR LIGHTING AND A HAND PUMP WAS USED AT THE SINK. THEY ALSO HAD AN OUTHOUSE FOR A BATHROOM.

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