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Reynolds Holcroft Smith

Male 1911 - 1970  (58 years)

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  • Name Reynolds Holcroft Smith  [2]
    • His middle name was abandoned for the Christian name James. [1]
    Birth 24 Jul 1911  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Other Name Reynolds James Smith  [1] 
    Census 8 Jan 1920  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 14 Apr 1930  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 20 Jun 1970  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Saint Francis New Cemetery, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I21152  Bisbee
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2010

    Father Aylmer Addison Smith,   b. 11 Dec 1885, Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1950, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Mother Mabel Marguerite Gerrard,   b. 30 Nov 1889, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1947, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Marriage 28 Apr 1909  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • They married at St. Francis Church and lived at 633 Main St., Torrington, CT, in 1950.
    Family ID F8068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hilda Wallace Hoffman,   b. 20 Apr 1910, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 21 Sep 1929  Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Wallace Smith,   b. 25 Mar 1931, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1931, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +2. D.R. Smith
    Family ID F11223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2010

    Family 2 Elizabeth Frances Swingruber,   b. 14 Jan 1913, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1956, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    Marriage 22 Apr 1939  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Jean Marion Smith,   b. 12 Sep 1934, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1978, Turners Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     2. B.R. Smith
    Family ID F11225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2010

    Family 3 Helen Mary Yurashus,   b. 29 Dec 1918, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1971, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Marriage 31 May 1947  Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. R.J. Smith, Jr.
     2. Susan Marie Smith,   b. 7 Oct 1949, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 2009 (Age 59 years)
    +3. J.H. Smith
     4. G.J. Smith
    Family ID F11180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2010

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jul 1911 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 8 Jan 1920 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Sep 1929 - Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 14 Apr 1930 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Apr 1939 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 May 1947 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Jun 1970 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Saint Francis New Cemetery, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Reynolds H. Smith of Litchfield, Connecticut, enlisted in the military (no Branch assignment) at New Haven, Connecticut, 17 Apr 1945. He had one year of college and had worked as a Physical Therapy Technician or Chair Store Manager. [3]
    • Information on this Family comes from a family member and from a cousin, Gary V. Smith, who is a family historian.
    • Reynolds James Smith served in the U.S. Army from 17 April 1945 to 19 December 1945, in which he was a technical sergeant. Along with his two brothers he was an officer of A.A. Smith, Inc. and the Wolcott House, Furniture stores in Torrington, Connecticut, founded by his father. Following his retirement from the furniture business in the 1960s, he was owner-operator of a retail liquor store at Torrington and a storekeeper at the Connecticut Junior Republic at Litchfield. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S3112] Gary V. Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants circa 1775-1985, (Higgenson Book Company, Salem, MA 01970), p. 91-3, 0-7404-5191-x.

    2. [S3112] Gary V. Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants circa 1775-1985, (Higgenson Book Company, Salem, MA 01970), p. 95, 0-7404-5191-x.

    3. [S986] Ancestry.com , Smith, Reynolds H: WW2 Enlistment Record, (Subscription database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. Accessed 8/10/2006.).

    4. [S3112] Gary V. Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants circa 1775-1985, (Higgenson Book Company, Salem, MA 01970), p. 81, 0-7404-5191-x.

    5. [S315] Smith, Aylmer Addison (I21027): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 186, enumeration district (ED) 218, sheet 6B, page 171B, line 96, dwelling 72, family 123; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1920.CT.Litchfield.Torrington.218.12.

    6. [S316] Smith, Aylmer Addison (I21027): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 270, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 17A, page 17A, line 18, dwelling 242, family 346; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1930.CT.Litchfield.Torrington.29.33.

    7. [S2470] Smith, Orlando (I20470): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1020, enumeration district (ED) 499, sheet 3A, page 205, line 3, dwelling 5, family 46; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1910.NY.NY.Manhattan W12.499.5.