John SMUIN, JR.
Ancestral File (TM)
Ancestral File (TM)
Edith Duncan recorded the following about John Smuin in her Family Journal. "John Smuin was an apprentice in the linen trade in England when a young boy. He came to America with his parents and sisters in a group of emigrants at age 13. His parents stopped in N.Y. but he came on to Odgen Utah with his sister Martha Smuin McFarlane on the first train to cross the country as far as Ogden."
Family Journal of Edith Duncan Smuin, Pg. 148
Note: The recorded dat of baptism is only a few days before the recorded date of the endowment (both while she was living). These are the dates in the IGI files.
BIRTH- LTR 49- CALIF DEATH CERT #3401, GIVES DATE AND STATE, NOT PLACE FAMILY RECORDS OF LIDA LAVERNE MCCOMBS SMUIN MARRIAGE- LTR 87 AND SACRAMENTO CO., CA RECORDS BOOK 39-MARRIAGES, PG. 55 TO EDITH DUNCAN LTR 47- REPRODUCTION OF LOGAN SEALING CERT TO EDITH DUNCAN LTR 52- TEMPLE INDEX CARD OF SEALING TO MARTHA PEARL WEST DEATH- LTR 49- CA DEATH CERT #3401 TEMPLE- LTR 52- TEMPLE INDEX BUREAU RECORD FOR BAPTISM AND ENDOWMENT IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE
Bapptism: See Ltr #407- The baptism date of William Smuin is after his endowment date. This is the way the IGI File has it recorded.
Baptism Date: There is norecord in the IGI files of the original baptism of Mary Jane Smuin. Consequently, someone has done a proxy baptism for her as recorded in the IGI on 24 Feb 1910 in the Logan Temple.
BIRTH: Note: Social Security records report date of birth as 5 Sep 1891, two years earlier than family records. As sometimes people were anxious to receive benefits, ages were advanced for social security records. We chose to stay with the date of 5 Sep 1893 as recorded in the family records. See Ltr # 418 (SS report).
Note: Baptism date is after endowed date. This is the way it is recorded in the IGI files. Apparently there is no record of his baptism as a child, although one most certainly would have occured.
He married Harriet Matilda Barker 25 Jul 1878 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut . Harriet Matilda Barker was born at Mount Fort, Ogden, Weber, Ut 23 Sep 1859 daughter of William Barker and Mary Ann Pain Holt .
They were the parents of 11
children:
John Leroy Smuin
born 10 Jun 1879.
Harriet Barker Smuin
born 26 Apr 1881.
William Smuin
born 4 Jan 1883.
Mary Jane Smuin
born 5 Feb 1885.
Charles Smuin
born 22 Jan 1887.
Thomas Smuin
born 20 Feb 1889.
Mabel Smuin
born 5 Sep 1891.
Franklin Smuin
born Sep 1895.
George Smuin
born 11 Nov 1896.
Ethel May Smuin
born 2 Apr 1899.
Raymond Clyde Smuin
born 11 Oct 1901.
John Smuin, Jr. died 9 Oct 1926 at Downey, Bancock, Iid .
Harriet Matilda Barker died 7 Dec 1918 at Rexburg, Madison, Id .