Individual Details
Israel Louis Smith
(Dec 13, 1901 - Mar 31, 1988)
Events
| Birth | Dec 13, 1901 | Ladd, Bureau, Illinois, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1910 | Ladd, Bureau, Illinois, United States |  | | |
| Census | 1920 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Miscnote | | ||||
| Census | 1930 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States | | | |
| Marriage | Dec 29, 1935 | Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, United States - Birdie Ward | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States - Birdie Ward | | | |
| Death | Mar 31, 1988 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Burial | 1988 | Hebrew Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Birdie Ward (1912 - 1987) |
| Child | Sidney Smith (1940 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Jacob Smith (1937 - ) |
| Father | Benjamin Smith (1870 - 1946) |
| Mother | Celia Rabinowitz (1878 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Dora M. Smith (1903 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Sarah Smith (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Miriam Smith (1909 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Hannah Smith (1912 - 2012) |
Notes
Census
He was living with his parentsCensus
He was a lodger at 4719 Lincoln Ave, the home of David Siegal. He was employed as a clerk in a book store.Miscnote
Fresh out of journalism school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Charles Kuralt fancied himself a sort of Damon Runyon of the South. "I carried a battered Rolleicord camera over my shoulder for taking a picture to go with my column. I felt there was a kind of romance in my job," he said later. In his daily ramblings, Kuralt met the likes of Israel Smith who collected junk by day and played the violin at night. He told how Smith had been educated at New York's Julliard School of Music. "But there's no money in Mozart," the junkman told him. "There is money in piles of lamp bases, garage roofs and airplane motors," the journalist concluded.SOURCE: http://www.charleskuraltspeople.com/carolinas_review.htm
Census
He was living at 305 Wilmore Drive with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a bookkeeper in his father's clothing store.Census (family)
He was living with his wife and son at 1413 St. Julien St. He was vice president of a wholesale and retail metal company earning $2600/year and had finished 4 years of high school.Endnotes
1. Emil H. Isaacson, Interview with Joseph Smith; Charlotte, North Carolina, Dec 1984.
2. 1910 U.S. Census: Illinois, Bureau County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Israel Smith: Hall, Roll: T624_231; Page: 13B; ED: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1374244 (accessed July 27 1984 {E-0431].
3. 1920 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Israel Smith: Chicago Ward 26; Roll: T625_336; Page: 9B; ED: 1525; Image: 981 (accessed 2014) [E-1596].
4. 1930 U.S. Census: North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, I. L. Smith: Charlotte; Roll: 1706; Page: 3B; ED: 0033; Image: 749.0 (accessed Aug 13 2012) [E-0430].
5. Emil H. Isaacson, Interview with Joseph Smith; Charlotte, North Carolina, Dec 1984.
6. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images , FamilySearch.org; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History, Israel Smith and Birdie Ward: Dec 29, 1935; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86992-2, System Origin: North Carolina-EASy, GS Film number: 246572, Reference ID: vol 5 (accessed Sep 3 2014) [E-1597].
7. 1940 U.S. Census: North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com., Israel L. Smith: Charlotte Ward 6; Film T-627-2942, ED: 60-36B, Sheet 2B, Dwelling 43 {accessed Aug 11 2012) {E-1346].
8. North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, "North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004" database, Ancestry.com, Israel Louis Smith [E-0322].
9. Department of Public Health, Vital Records Section, State Department of Archives and History; "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch, Israel Louis Smith: Mar 31, 1988; Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Reference ID: v 13A cn 13235, GS Film number: 991368 (accessed 03 Sep 2014) [E-0322].
10. Findagrave, online database, (www.Findagrave.com), Israel Louis Smith: 1988, Hebrew Cemetery Charlotte, NC (accessed Sep 3 2014) [E-1600].
11. "JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry", online database, Jewishgen.org, Israel Louis Smith: 1988, Hebrew Cemetery Charlotte, NC (accessed Sep 3 2014) [E-1600].