Florence May Smith (1893-1983)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Harry Edward Carson Carson Henry Smith Carson+ Florence May Smith Born: 27 Jul 1893, Oxbow, ME Marriage (1): Harry Edward Carson on 12 Jul 1924 in Woodstock, NB 1 Died: 4 Oct 1983, Lubec, ME at age 90 Buried: Ashland Municipal Cemetery, Ashland, ME    Another name for Florence was Flossie.    FamilySearch ID: L1NJ-CR8. Find a Grave ID: 113723030.   Events • Census, 12 Jun 1900, Oxbow, ME. 2 • Census, 4 May 1910, Oxbow, ME. 3 • Census, 16 Jan 1920, Oxbow, ME. 4 • Census, 2 Apr 1930, Oxbow, ME. 5 • Census, 8 Apr 1940, Ashland, ME. • Census, 6 Apr 1950, Ashland, ME. 6 • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 6 Oct 1983, Bangor, ME. LUBEC and ASHLAND -- Florence M. Carson, 90, died Oct. 4, 1983, at a Lubec nursing home. She was born in Oxbow, July 27, 1893, the daughter of Henry and Ida (Flemming) Smith. She was a graduate of Shaws Business College of Portland and was at one time employed by the Ashland Gazette. Prior to moving to Lubec, she lived most of her life in the Ashland-Oxbow Area. She Is survived by her son, Henry Carson of Lubec; five grandchildren. Graveside committal services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ashland Cemetery. Friends who wish may make contributions in her memory to the American Cancer Society. Funeral arrangements by Michael F. Wilson Funeral Home, Lubec. Florence married Harry Edward Carson, son of George Albert Carson and Selena Irene Raven, on 12 Jul 1924 in Woodstock, NB.1 (Harry Edward Carson was born on 27 Mar 1888 in Mapleton, ME,7 8 died on 19 Jan 1973 in Presque Isle, ME 9 and was buried in 1973 in Ashland Municipal Cemetery, Ashland, ME.)

1 New Brunswick Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, marriage certificate 1166 (1924), Harry Edward Carson-Florence M. Smith; digital image, (https://archives.gnb.ca/ : accessed 8 Feb 2023).

2 1900 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Oxbow, enumeration district (ED) 0003, sheet 1B, p. 1, dwelling 224, family 227, Henry A. Smith; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623.

3 1910 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Oxbow, enumeration district (ED) 0004, sheet 13A, p. 4, dwelling 162, family 166, Henry Smith; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_537.

4 1920 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Oxbow, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 9A, p. 2, dwelling 149, family 152, Henry A. Smith; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_638.

5 1930 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Oxbow, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 1A, p. 1, dwelling 11, family 11, Harold Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 10 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626.

6 1950 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, Ashland, enumeration district (ED) 2-4, sheet 13, p. 14, household 110, Harry E. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 14 Jan 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 606.

7 1900 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Mapleton, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 8, p. 8B, dwelling 162, family 163, Frank G. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 21 Sep 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_588.

8 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Harry Edward Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 22 Sep 2011).

9 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 19 Oct 2011), entry for Harry Carson's 1973 death.