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  • Name William McVey Smith 
    Birth c 1880  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I18673  Smith Smyth Schmidt Smythe Smitt
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    Last Modified 26 Jun 2014 Help  

    Mother Mary McVey,   b. c 1837 
    Census (Family) 1880  Brush Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census (Family) 1900  Girdler, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amelia Gambrel 
    Census (Family) 1910  Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census (Family) 1920  Road Fork, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census (Family) 1930  Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Walter Smith,   b. 1903, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lester Smith,   b. 1913, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Earl Smith,   b. 1918, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Private
     5. Private
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2022 Help 
    Family ID F7050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - c 1880 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus (Family) - 1920 Road Fork/Knox/KY William M Smith 42 Millie 37 b 1883 kY KY KY Walter 17 Lester 6 Earl 1 3.12 Henry GRAY 13 - 1920 - Road Fork, Knox County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus (Family) - 1930 Knox/KY/District 4 William Smith 50 KY KY KY Amelia 45 KY KY KY Lester 17 Earl 12 Hazel 7 Bessie 3 ADA 23 Albert grandson 5 Hayden gson 3 - 1930 - Knox County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
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    • Based on my research the past few months, I'm pretty sure I've located

      my William McVey Smith in the 1880, 1900, and 1910 census's. I

      believe he used his mother's maiden name of McVey for about 30 years, and in 1880 as an infant, I'm think he may be listed under his mother's ex-husbands surname of Qualls, even though she divorced him over 10 years earlier she apparently continued to use the name until at least 1880. I still need to try to confirm a few relationships though before saying for sure it's him, but I've ruled out most of the

      other possibilities. There was no father around in the 1880 census,

      so, if I have the right mother for him, William and his sister would

      most likely have been illegitimate. There is a Harrison Smith living

      a few houses away from them in 1880 though. And I know from marriage and death records, his father was named Harry or Harrison.

      Unfortunately, if I have the right mother for him, then the Harrison Smith living near them would've been his Uncle (mother's sister's

      husband). So, I'm not sure if he would've been Williams father or

      not. I believe that Harrison (John Harrison Smith) was the grandson

      of a possible brother of the Benjamin Smith from the other kit. But pretty much all of the Smith's in the area probably trace back to the same Smith's a couple of generations past Benjamin, so I doubt I'll be able to prove anything unless more Smiths test.