Smith, Florence

 (Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)

Florence Smith with Art Gunther and Cody Cappeli in front of her Maple House Cafe where she operated the Cafe in a small building just west of the historic old hotel located on the corner of 55th Street and 12th Avenue in Kenosha.  Many customers of the Cafe were railroad workers because it was near the Northwestern railroad.  Florence operated the restaurant until 1919 or 1920 when she opened a new one on Prairie Avenue (60th Street) across from the Allen A Hosiery Co.

The historic building with the arches on the right was known as the Maple House from 1896 to the mid-1920's.  In 1927 it became the Hotel Wisconsin  and the named changed in 1933 to the Schlitz Hotel.  After several other tenants, the building eventually went into disrepair until it was renovated for office space.
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Florence Smith, operator of the Maple House Cafe in Kenosha, Wisconsin with customers.
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Florence Smith
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Florence Smith

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Florence E. Smith
Daughter of Henry and Sarah Jane Drinkwater Smith
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Schmitt Mathias and Edna Smith

Mathias and Edna Smith Schmitt in front of their home in Somers.
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Mathias and Edna M. Smith Schmitt
Edna is daughter of Henry and Sarah Jane Smith
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Woltersdorf

Vernon Woltersdorf
Oakwood Cemetery, Town of Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
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Smith and Drinkwater Family of Somers Pioneer Relatives

Ella May Drinkwater, daughter of William Drinkwater and Mary Ann Toase

Born 1865 in the Town of Yorkville.  She married Henry H. Blackburn in 1892 in Racine County.  She died September 10, 1915 and is buried in Union Grove Cemetery.

(Info from Sylvania Cemetery Exploring Family Ties by Mary Anne Culshaw Falk)

Photo taken by Charles F. Urner of Janesville and Racine, Wisconsin

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Ann Toase Drinkwater
Daughter of William and Mary Toase. Born July 15, 1838 in England.  She married William Drinkwater (his 2nd wife) on December 26, 1860. She died April 28, 1893. Buried in Sylvania Cemetery, Yorkville.
Photo taken by Billings, 501 Monument Square, Racine, Wisconsin
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Birney Smith, World War I calvary
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Birney (also known as Barney) Smith
WWI US Army from 1917 - 1919
1886-1962
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Birney Smith
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Barney Bose
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Addie Smith Kirsch
1879 - 1958
Rowley, Iowa
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Barney Smith Obituary
Harmon Smith Obituary
Smith-Drinkwater Family Reunion

Harmon Smith
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Grandmother Catherine Fiddler Smith
Photo taken by Thomas Studio, 1219 College Street, Racine, Wis.
1825-1911
Blairstown, Iowa
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Samuel Smith and Catherine Fiddler Smith Children

Alfred Born 1847 in New York. Died in Racine at 18 years old

Henry born 1848 in New York.  Married Sarah Jane Drinkwater. He died 1916 in Racine. Buried in Oakwood, Somers.

John born 1850 in Sylvania, Racine County. Married Helen Phelps.

Samuel born 1852 in Sylvania, Racine County. Buried Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Married to Jennie and Mary.

Charles born 1854 in Sylvania, Racine County.  Buried Cook County Cemetery, Illinois

Emily born 1860 in Sylvania, Racine County. First to go to Iowa. Married Hugh Smith. Buried Iowa.

Annie born1860 in Sylvania, Racine County. Married William Beatty. Buried Independence, Iowa.

Carrie born 1865 in Sylvania, Racine County. Married James Davis. Died 1928 buried Blairstown, Iowa.

Katie born 1869 in Sylvania, Racine County. Married Harry Jonas. Died 1897 in LeMars, Iowa.

Henry Smith and Sarah Jane Drinkwater Smith Children
Frank born 1877 in Union Junction, Racine County. Married Emily Watkins and Mildred Woltersdorf. Frank died 1968. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Somers.
Alfred born 1879 in Union Junction, Racine County. Married Louise "Lutie" Thomas.  Alfred died 1964. Buried Sunset Ridge.
Florence born 1881 in Union Junction, Racine County. Died 1982. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Somers.
Harmon born 1883 in Union Junction, Racine County. Died 1972. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Somers.
Edna Mae born 1885 in Union Junction, Racine County.  Married Matt Schmidt. Died 1973. Buried Oakwood Cemetery.
Samuel born 1891 in Union Junction, Racine County. Married Thora Mikkelsen. Samuel died in Holland 1963.  Jim Smith is directly related to this family.  Samuel and Thora were his grandparents.
Earl born 1893 in Union Junction, Racine County. Married Sal Baher. Earl died 1984 in Phoenix, Arizona. Buried at Sunnyslope in Arizona.
Almeric (Allie) born 1895.  Died 1988. Buried Oakwood Cemetery.

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Frank Smith, Emily Watkins Smith (first wife) and Mildred Woltersdorf Smith (second wife) obituaries

Frank E. and Emily Watkins Smith
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

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Mildred M. Smith buried at Wilmot Cemetery

Milton F. "Bud" Smith Obituary (some of Frank and Emily Watkins Smith)

Milton Smith is buried at Sunset Ridge Memorial Park 

Sarah Jane Drinkwater Smith
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Sarah Smith tradition of family reunions.
Relatives listed - useful for family history.
Celebrated on homestead on Wood Road
1940's

Samuel Smith homestead in Sylvania, Racine County, Wisconsin
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Obituary for Catherine Fiddler Smith, Carrie Smith Davis, and Emily Smith

Catherine Fiddler Smith (Mrs. Samuel)  Obituary
Carrie Smith, daughter of  Samuel and Catherine Smith
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Carrie Smith, daughter of Samuel and Catherine Fiddler Smith
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Grandfather Samuel Smith
Born September 17, 1819 in New York and died June 29, 1897 in Moline, Illinois
Married to Catherine Fiddler December 29, 1845 in Hudson New York (Episcopal Church)
Photo taken by Thomas, 1219 College Street, Racine, Wisconsin
Moline, Illinois
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Emma Beatty Bushel
Photo taken by G. B. Wittick Photographer in Moline, Illinois
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Carrie (1863-1928) and Delpha (California) and Grandmother Smith
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Aunt Mary Drinkwater
1861-1946
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Cora Drinkwater Wilkins
1882-1924
Photo by Henry W. Reith, Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Emily Smith, Emma Beatty, Annie Beatty, Grandmother Smith
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Original Marriage Certificate for
Henry smith and Sarah J. Drinkwater
1875
Union Grove, Wisconsin
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Aunt Annie Smith Beatty
Photo taken by Ensminger Bros. Independence, Iowa
1863-1940
Independence, Iowa
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Curtis and Elsie Donsing Smith
Curtis born 1889 in Union Junction, Racine County. Died 1969.
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Glenn W. and Anne Smith Obituaries

Buried at Sunset Ridge Cemetery

Buried at Sunset Ridge

Allie Smith, son of Henry and Sarah Jane Drinkwater Smith

Allie Smith, son of Henry and Sarah Jane Drinkwater Smith
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Family of Anna Smith Beatty, daughter of Samuel and Catherine Smith

Anna Smith was born in Racine County, Wisconsin on September 3, 1863. She passed away at her home two miles south of Independence on October 3, 1940 at 2:45 pm.  In 1879 she came with her family to Buchanan County.  On October 29, 1884, she married William Beatty of Rowley, Iowa, who preceded her in death by only four days, after nearly 56 years of wedded life.  They farmed near Rowley for many years.  In the fall of 1907 they moved to Independence, later moving to the farm south of town which was their home until their death.

Anna and William had three children.  Emma Bushel, who passed away on July 2, 1919; Mabel a teacher in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Harold who lived on the home farm.

Emma, Mable, and Harold Beatty
Children of Anna Smith (Somers, Wisconsin) and William Beatty
Iowa
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