Edna Adella Kemps Smith
1885 1932
By Roger Kemps ©
Photographs Courtesy of Philip Smith
Edna Adella Kemps was born
on
Her parents were Scotch-Irish Covenanters:
Samuel Henry Kemps (
Clara Amanda McClurken (
Edna was the one of seven
children. Her siblings were:
Albert Rodman (
Luther James (
William Henry (
May Belle Kirkpatrick (
(Clara) Ethyl Boyle (
The 1900 Census shows Edna, at age 14,
living on a farm with her parents, three brothers and two sisters in the
Oakdale Township of Washington County,
Edna
about 1905
The
History of Oakdale Township
has one reference
to Edna:
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Page
60 indicate that Edna Smith (Kemps at the time) clerked at the
Garnholz-Borcherding Store until about 1906, when she went to St. Louis to
attend Browns Business College.
The 1910 Census, shows Edna, at age 25,
living on a farm with her parents and sister, Ethel, in the Oakdale Township of
Washington County,
Edna and
pupils at Willisville
In 1916, Edna married Armour
Smith. Edna and Armour had one child:
Evelyn Clare Smith Coffin born in 1918.
An image of Evelyn Smith
and her cousin, Mary Clare Boyle, is available at this link.
The 1920 Census shows Edna, Armour and
daughter, Evelyn, living in the town of Cutler, Perry County,
Armour,
Edna and Evelyn Smith about 1925
The 1930 Census shows Edna, Armour and
daughter, Evelyn, living in Cutler.
Edna Adella Kemps Smith
died tragically on
Reference files:
1900_Samuel_Kemps.jpg see line 87
1910_Samuel_Kemps.jpg see line 93
1920_Armour_Smith.jpg see line 6
1930_Armour_Smith.jpg see line 84
Edna_Kemps_Smith_Death_Certificate.pdf
Kemps_Family_Birth_Death_Record.pdf
History of Oakdale Township and references
Genealogy Trails Washington
County Website
Last updated 9/15/2009